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Restrictions on the accessibility and dissemination of information. Confidentiality is one of the six fundamental components of information security (see Parkerian Hexad).

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Private or secret; something treated with trust, resulting in a feeling of security that information will not be disclosed to other parties. An example is the confidentiality of conversations and records between attorney and client.

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adjective

1. Known about by very few: auricular, inside, private, secret. Informal hush-hush. See show/hide.
2. Indicating intimacy and mutual trust: familiar, intimate. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, near/far/distance.
3. Of or being information available only to authorized persons: classified, privileged, restricted. See show/hide.

adj

Definition: secret
Antonyms: common, familiar, known, public, well-known

adj. intended to be kept secret: confidential information.

confidentiality n.

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IN BRIEF: To do something in secret.

Confidentially speaking, I didn't like Aunt Sue's casserole.

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Secrecy relating to information. All clinical data have a degree of confidentiality, the level varying with the information and the circumstances.

adj

Pertaining to information that is only shared with those directly responsible for patient care.

For a list of words related to confidential, see:

• Introverted, Reserved, Isolated, or Mysterious

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See words rhyming with "confidential."

Common misspelling(s) of confidential

• confidental

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fortrolig, betroet

Nederlands (Dutch)
vertrouwelijk, vertrouwens-

Français (French)
adj. - confidentiel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vertraulich, privat

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εμπιστευτικός, έμπιστος

Italiano (Italian)
confidenziale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - confidencial

Русский (Russian)
засекреченный, конфиденциальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - confidencial, reservado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förtrolig, förtroende-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
秘密的, 机密的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 秘密的, 機密的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 은밀한, 속사정을 털어놓을 수 있는, 친한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 秘密の, 信任の厚い, 打ち解けた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سري, خصوصي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סודי, מפגין ביטחון, מהימן, פרטי‬

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