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confidential

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con·fi·den·tial  (knf-dnshl)
adj.
1. Done or communicated in confidence; secret.
2. Entrusted with the confidence of another: a confidential secretary.
3. Denoting confidence or intimacy: a confidential tone of voice.
4. Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a threat to national security.

confi·denti·ali·ty (-sh-l-t), confi·dential·ness n.
confi·dential·ly adv.

confidential
Adjective
1. spoken or given in confidence
2. entrusted with another's secret affairs: a confidential secretary
3. suggestive of intimacy: a halting, confidential manner
confidentiality n
confidentially adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.confidential - entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary"
private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"
2.confidential - (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"
3.confidential - denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"
close - close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
4.confidential - the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
classified - official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified"

confidential

See: security classification.
Translations
Spanish confidential [kɔnfɪˈdɛnʃəl] adjconfidencial; [secretary] → de confianza
French confidential [kɔnfɪˈdɛnʃəl] confidence adjconfidentiel(le); [secretary] → particulier/ère
German confidential [kɔnfɪˈdɛnʃəl] confidence adjvertraulich;
(secretary) → Privat-

Italian confidential [kɔnfɪˈdɛnʃəl] adjriservato/a; [secretary] → particolare

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On the evening in question the little scene acquired an added poignancy by reminding him--he could not have said why--of his leave-taking from Madame Olenska after their confidential talk a week or ten days earlier.
Pitcher, confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer.
Most of the goods were sent on drays to the magazin, but our reputation having preceded us, we were honored with a fiacre, making the journey between the Douane and the shop on the knee of a confidential commissionaire.
 
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