confidential.
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.
Meaning & usage
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.
The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.
Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.
Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip.
Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.
Where this word comes from
From Latin cōnfīdentia + English -al. Possibly a calque of French confidentiel. First attested in 1641.
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