confidential

confidential
/kon'fi den"sheuhl/, adj.
1. spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
2. indicating confidence or intimacy; imparting private matters: a confidential tone of voice.
3. having another's trust or confidence; entrusted with secrets or private affairs: a confidential secretary.
4. (of information, a document, etc.)
a. bearing the classification confidential, usually being above restricted and below secret.
b. limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified. Cf. classification (def. 5).
[1645-55; < L confidenti(a) CONFIDENCE + -AL1]
Syn. 1. restricted, private. 2. intimate, familiar. 3. trusted, trustworthy, private. See familiar.

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