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Confidentiality

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being confidential; specifically, in law, the relation existing between a client and his counsel or agent, or between husband and wife, or a ward and his guardian, etc., in reference to the trust placed in one by the other. See confidential relation, under confidential, and privileged communication, under communication.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. the state or attribute of being secret; privacy.
  • noun. discretion in keeping secret information.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The property of being confidential.
  • noun. Something told in confidence; a secret.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the state of being secret
  • noun. discretion in keeping secret information
  • Word Usage
    "Volunteers must be at least 25 years old, maintain confidentiality and submit to a background check. 703-219-2193, volunteer@nvfs.org."
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    privacy