noun
Meaning 1
The property of being confidential.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
confidentiality
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ælɪti
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CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N F AH0 D EH2 N SH IY0 AE1 L AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K AA2 N F AH0 D EH2 N CH IY0 AE1 L AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Something told in confidence; a secret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
discretion in keeping secret information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence
noun
Meaning 4
the state of being secret
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English confidential Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English confidentiality From confidential + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: konfidentzialtasun — property
- Catalan: confidencialitat — property
- Finnish: luottamuksellisuus — property
- Georgian: კონფიდენციალურობა (ḳonpidencialuroba) — property
- German: Vertraulichkeit — property
- Greek: εμπιστευτικότητα (empisteftikótita) — property
- Hungarian: bizalmasság — property
- Hungarian: titoktartás — property
- Irish: rúndacht — property
- Italian: confidenzialità — property
- Norwegian Bokmål: konfidensialitet — property
- Norwegian Nynorsk: konfidensialitet — property
- Polish: poufność — property
- Portuguese: confidencialidade — property
- Spanish: confidencialidad — property
Real reading context