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

  • (..) so I may put put a word in my man's ear? Yeah, I'm expecting to fall in love once I see the specimens at Candyland, so before that moment, it would be good if I could have a confidential strategy meeting with my… confidant. – You mind tellin' me what the hell you doing? – I've confirmed that (..)
    2012 Django Unchained