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CONFIDENTIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
Classified under:
Similar:
classified (official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation)
Derivation:
confidentiality (the state of being secret)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Denoting confidence or intimacy
Example:
in confidential tone of voice
Classified under:
Similar:
close (close in relevance or relationship)
Derivation:
confidence (a feeling of trust (in someone or something))
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of information) given in confidence or in secret
Example:
their secret communications
Synonyms:
confidential; secret
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Derivation:
confidence (a secret that is confided or entrusted to another)
confidentiality (discretion in keeping secret information)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
Example:
a confidential secretary
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Derivation:
confidence (a trustful relationship)
Context examples:
His warm regard, his kind expressions, his confidential treatment, touched her strongly.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“As to the King,” said he, “of course, I am l’ami de famille there; and even with you I can scarce speak freely, as my relations are confidential.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"What made you stay away so long?" she asked presently, finding it so pleasant to ask confidential questions and get delightful answers that she could not keep silent.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
This includes rights regarding publication, confidential information, ownership, use of data, intellectual property, and indemnification.
(Clinical Trial Agreement, NCI Thesaurus)
Specifies whether a person has authorized the use and disclosure of their private and/or confidential information.
(Confidentiality Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
An indicator that can be set or unset in order to signal whether a signed authorization from a patient, or his legal representative, or clinical study participant for the use or disclosure of oral, written, or electronic form of confidential health information that identifies the individual and relates to the medical history, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of his condition has been obtained.
(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
A required by the HIPAA Privacy Rule signed authorization from a patient, or his legal representative, or clinical study participant for the use or disclosure of oral, written, or electronic form of confidential health information that identifies the individual and relates to the medical history, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of his condition.
(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information, NCI Thesaurus)
A Drug Master File (DMF) is a submission to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that may be used to provide confidential detailed information about facilities, processes, or articles used in the manufacturing, processing, packaging, and storing of one or more human drugs.
(Drug Master File, Food and Drug Administration)
Before we had been out two hours, we were deep in a confidential conversation: she had favoured me with a description of the brilliant winter she had spent in London two seasons ago—of the admiration she had there excited—the attention she had received; and I even got hints of the titled conquest she had made.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Their two confidential friends, Mr Shepherd, who lived in the neighbouring market town, and Lady Russell, were called to advise them; and both father and daughter seemed to expect that something should be struck out by one or the other to remove their embarrassments and reduce their expenditure, without involving the loss of any indulgence of taste or pride.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
