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Confidential
//ˌkɑːnfɪˈdɛnʃl// adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
"The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs."
- 2 Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences. dated
"Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip."
- 3 Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences. dated
"a confidential agent; a confidential servant; a confidential whisper"
Adjective
- 1 the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified wordnet
- 2 denoting confidence or intimacy wordnet
- 3 (of information) given in confidence or in secret wordnet
- 4 entrusted with private information and the confidence of another wordnet
Etymology
From Latin confidentia + -al.
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