confidential

Definition

  • adjective: secret or private
  • adjective: marked by intimacy or willingness to 'confide'
  • synonyms: trustworthy, secret, private

Examples

  • The doctor committed a 'breach of confidentiality'. [=the doctor told another person private information about a patient]

  • All medical records are treated with complete 'confidentiality'. [=are kept completely private]

  • Someone was leaking 'confidential' information [=telling secrets] to the press.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We understand you've settled several cases against each of them. Even if I'd been involved in those cases, the settlements would be confidential and I could be disbarred for acknowledging their existence. Okay? Mm-hmm. Look, I told you guys (..)
    2015 Spotlight
  • (..) Well, we are a four-person investigative team. We report to Ben Bradlee Jr., and we keep our work confidential. What are you working on now? We just put out a piece on a shoddy construction outfit, and right now we're really just trolling around for our next story. (..)
    2015 Spotlight