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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Confidential \Con`fi*den"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. ``Confidential messages.'' --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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: confidential adj 1: entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary" 2: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: {closet(a)}, {secret}] 3: denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice" 4: the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
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