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- Dictionaryconfidentiality/ˌkɒnfɪˌdɛnʃɪˈalɪti/
noun
- 1. the state of keeping or being kept secret or private: "the lead bank's duty of confidentiality to the borrower"
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uk / ˌkɒnfɪdenʃiˈæləti / us. Add to word list. the fact of private information being kept secret: a confidentiality agreement/clause As soon as he was hired, the company made him sign a confidentiality agreement. client / commercial confidentiality.
16 Okt 2015 · As a legal term, confidentiality refers to a duty of an individual to refrain from sharing confidential information with others, except with the express consent of the other party.
noun [ U ] uk / ˌkɒnfɪdenʃiˈæləti / us. Add to word list. the fact of private information being kept secret: a confidentiality agreement/clause As soon as he was hired, the company made him sign a confidentiality agreement. client / commercial confidentiality.
1. a. : intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person, group, or class : private, secret. confidential information. b. : containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be prejudicial to the national interest compare secret, top secret. 2. : marked by intimacy or willingness to confide. a confidential tone. 3.
Confidentiality is what you observe when you keep things secret. If you happen to be a mafia boss with lots of dark secrets, you'll want to be sure you can count on complete confidentiality from your wife and family. Confidentiality is important not just to people involved in illegal activities.
a situation in which you expect somebody to keep information secret. They signed a confidentiality agreement. All letters will be treated with complete confidentiality. He was fired for a breach of confidentiality (= an occasion when secret information was told to somebody else). She declined to give customers' names, citing client confidentiality.
adjective. uk / ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃ ə l / us. Add to word list. private, and intended to be kept secret: confidential data/documents/information, etc. Prosecutors were not able to obtain confidential data from corporations without first receiving written approval from the department.
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.
adjective. /ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃl/ /ˌkɑːnfɪˈdenʃl/ meant to be kept secret and not told to or shared with other people. confidential information/documents. Your medical records are strictly confidential (= completely secret). Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
Definition of 'confidential' Word Frequency. confidential. (kɒnfɪdenʃəl ) 1. adjective. Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private. She accused them of leaking confidential information about her private life. We'll take good care and keep what you've told us strictly confidential, Mr. Lane.
