as in secrecy
the quality or state of being private or confidential
All medical records are treated with complete confidentiality.
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Recent Examples of confidentiality
Jean Brinkley, a North Carolina Medical Board spokesperson, declined to answer questions from the Observer about whether there are any outstanding complaints or ongoing board investigations into Lynch, citing board confidentiality policies.
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Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
In arbitration, those disclosures are much less likely to occur due to confidentiality provisions.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
The confidentiality protections would have permanently barred both sides from discussing the issue after the settlement.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 May 2026
The confidentiality is one grievance raised in a series of communications provided to the Post from late April through this week between CU Denver’s Faculty Assembly Executive Committee and CU President Todd Saliman.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Responses remain anonymous to protect employee confidentiality and give companies unfiltered feedback.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
California Assembly Bill 2624 would create an address confidentiality program for immigrant aid workers, prohibiting the posting of their personal information online to prevent harassment.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The money and confidentiality part was huge tho.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
There’s doctor-patient confidentiality, there’s legal confidentiality, whatever.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
In arbitration, those disclosures are much less likely to occur due to confidentiality provisions.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
The confidentiality protections would have permanently barred both sides from discussing the issue after the settlement.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 May 2026
The confidentiality is one grievance raised in a series of communications provided to the Post from late April through this week between CU Denver’s Faculty Assembly Executive Committee and CU President Todd Saliman.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Responses remain anonymous to protect employee confidentiality and give companies unfiltered feedback.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
California Assembly Bill 2624 would create an address confidentiality program for immigrant aid workers, prohibiting the posting of their personal information online to prevent harassment.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The money and confidentiality part was huge tho.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
There’s doctor-patient confidentiality, there’s legal confidentiality, whatever.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidentiality
Noun
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The ballot will be separated from the return envelope to preserve the secrecy of your ballot, and it then will be tallied.—
John Woolfolk,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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Quantum key cryptography allows two parties aiming to share sensitive data to establish a secure encryption key with secrecy ensured by the laws of physics, not the computational difficulty of a mathematical problem.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Want a latté from the ground floor Sottovento Coffee Bar brought up to the privacy of your room?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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The nine class action lawsuits, filed in Chicago's federal court between Monday and Wednesday, represent a new frontier for Illinois' strongest-in-the-nation biometric data privacy law.—
Hannah Meisel,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Confidentiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidentiality. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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