| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·fi·den·tial |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n f -d n sh l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Done or communicated in confidence; secret. 2. Entrusted with the confidence of another: a confidential secretary. 3. Denoting confidence or intimacy: a confidential tone of voice. 4. Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a threat to national security. | | OTHER FORMS: | confi·denti·ali·ty (-sh - l-t) , confi·dential·ness —NOUN
confi·dential·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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