confidential (redirected from confidentialness)

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.

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

confi·dential·ly adv.

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confidential [ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl]

adj

1. spoken, written, or given in confidence; secret; private

2. entrusted with another's confidence or secret affairs a confidential secretary

3. suggestive of or denoting intimacy a confidential approach

confidentiality , confidentialness n

confidentially  adv

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See: security classification.

Thesaurus

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" secret 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"

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confidential

adjective

1. secret, private, intimate, classified, privy, off the record, hush-hush (informal) She accused them of leaking confidential information.

2. secretive, low, soft, hushed He adopted a confidential tone of voice.

Translations

confidential [ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃəl] ADJ [information, remark] → confidencial, secreto; [secretary, tone of voice] → de confianza
"confidential" (on letter etc) → "confidencial"

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confidential [ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃ^əl] adj

[information, report, document] → confidentiel(le)

[secretary] → particulier/ière

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confidential

adj

information, whisper → vertraulich; to treat something as confidential → etw vertraulich behandeln; to keep something confidential → etw für sich behalten

(= enjoying sb’s confidence) confidential secretary → Privatsekretär(in) m(f); confidential agent → Sonderbeauftragte(r) mf → mit geheimer Mission

(= inclined to confide) → vertrauensselig

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confidential [ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃ/əl] adj (letter, report, remark) → confidenziale, riservato/a; (secretary) → particolare

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confidential [ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃ/əl] adj (letter, report, remark) → confidenziale, riservato/a; (secretary) → particolare

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