confidential : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: confidential	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confidential adj entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary" (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" Synonym(s): confidential, secret denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice" the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confidential \Con`fiden"tial\, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.] 1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential* servant or clerk. 2. Communicated in confidence; secret. [bd]Confidential messages.[b8] --Burke. {Confidential communication} (Law) See {Privileged communication}, under {Privileged}. {Confidential creditors}, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. {Confidential debts}, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. --McElrath.