Meaning of CONFIDENTIAL
| Pronunciation: | | `kânfi'denshul
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- [adj] the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
- [adj] denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"
- [adj] (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
- [adj] entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary"
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| | Synonyms: | | classified, close, closet(a), private, secret |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con`fi*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.]
1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in;
trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.
2. Communicated in confidence; secret. ``Confidential
messages.'' --Burke.
{Confidential communication} (Law) See {Privileged
communication}, under {Privileged}.
{Confidential creditors}, those whose claims are of such a
character that they are entitled to be paid before other
creditors.
{Confidential debts}, debts incurred for borrowed money, and
regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts.
--McElrath.
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| | Related Terms: | | auricular, between us, chummy, classified, close, closet, esoteric, hushed, hush-hush, in petto, inside, intimate, not for publication, off the record, private, privileged, sealed, secret, thick, tried, trustworthy, trusty, under privilege, unpublishable |
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