2. discretion in keeping secret information. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
confidentiality — con‧fi‧den‧ti‧al‧i‧ty [ˌkɒnfdenʆiˈælti ǁ ˌkɑːn ] noun [uncountable] the practice of keeping private information secret: • He raised concerns that departmental confidentiality had been breached. • a confidentiality agreement * * *… … Financial and business terms
confidentiality — index privacy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 confidentiality … Law dictionary
Confidentiality — Confidential redirects here. For other uses, see Confidential (disambiguation). Confidentiality is an ethical principle associated with several professions (e.g., medicine, law). In ethics, and (in some places) in law and alternative forms of… … Wikipedia
confidentiality — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, strict, total ▪ It is important to maintain strict confidentiality at all times. ▪ client, patient ▪ To maintain patient confiden … Collocations dictionary
confidentiality — n. 1) to maintain confidentiality 2) to violate confidentiality 3) strict confidentiality * * * strict confidentiality to maintain confidentiality to violate confidentiality … Combinatory dictionary
confidentiality — con|fi|den|ti|al|i|ty [ˌkɔnfıdenʃiˈælıti US ˌka:n ] n [U] a situation in which you trust someone not to tell secret or private information to anyone else ▪ The relationship between attorneys and their clients is based on confidentiality. breach… … Dictionary of contemporary English
confidentiality — noun (U) a situation in which you trust someone not to tell secret or private information to anyone else: The relationship between attorneys and their clients is based on confidentiality. | breach of confidentiality (=an occasion when someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
confidentiality — n. a strong and longstanding obligation, arising out of common law, that requires doctors to keep any personal information about their patients private. A doctor automatically assumes such an obligation during a patient consultation. Sometimes it … The new mediacal dictionary
confidentiality — confidential ► ADJECTIVE 1) intended to be kept secret. 2) entrusted with private information: a confidential secretary. DERIVATIVES confidentiality noun confidentially adverb … English terms dictionary
confidentiality — noun 1. the state of being secret (Freq. 1) you must respect the confidentiality of your client s communications • Derivationally related forms: ↑confidential • Hypernyms: ↑privacy, ↑privateness, ↑secrecy, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
