Confidential

Definition of Confidential

Con`fi`den´tial

a.

1.

Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

2.

Communicated in confidence; secret.

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.

Related Words

auricular, between us, chummy, classified, close, closet, esoteric, hush-hush, hushed, in petto, inside, intimate, not for publication, off the record, private, privileged, sealed, secret, thick, tried, trustworthy, trusty, under privilege, unpublishable

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