con‧fi‧den‧ti‧al‧i‧ty /ˌkɒnfədenʃiˈæləti, ˌkɒnfɪdenʃiˈæləti $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: confidence, confidant, confidentiality; adverb: confidently, confidentially; adjective: confident, confidential; verb: confide]
a situation in which you trust someone not to tell secret or private information to anyone else:
The relationship between attorney and client is based on confidentiality.
breach of confidentiality (=when someone gives away information they have promised to keep secret)
It’s a breach of confidentiality for a priest to reveal what someone has said in the confessional.

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confidentiality
noun
ADJ. absolute, complete, strict, total It is important to maintain strict confidentiality at all times.
commercial, professional
VERB + CONFIDENTIALITY ensure, maintain, preserve, protect efforts to protect the confidentiality of the client
breach, break He breached confidentiality by releasing information on weapons tests.
CONFIDENTIALITY + NOUN agreement

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