confidentialityn.
/kɒnfɪdɛnʃɪˈalɪti/ a. Confidential quality; state of being confidential.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [noun] > private matter or business > quality of
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > intimacy > condition of being entrusted with secrets > state of being confidential
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1834 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 566 The employment of an amanuensis would abolish all real confidentiality in our correspondence.
1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance II. 110 [Her] soft eyes and winning confidentiality of manner.
b. = confidential relation at confidential adj. 2.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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