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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confidential \Con`fi*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.]
     1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in;
        trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Communicated in confidence; secret. "Confidential


        messages." --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Confidential communication} (Law) See {Privileged
        communication}, under {Privileged}.
  
     {Confidential creditors}, those whose claims are of such a
        character that they are entitled to be paid before other
        creditors.
  
     {Confidential debts}, debts incurred for borrowed money, and
        regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts.
        --McElrath.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  classified \classified\ adj.
     1. arranged into classes or categories; as, {unclassified}.
  
     Syn: categorized.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. assigned to a class of documents withheld from general
        circulation; -- of information or documents. Opposite of
        {unclassified}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {eyes-only}; {confidential};
           {restricted}; {secret}; {sensitive}; {top-secret}]
           [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  confidential
       adj 1: entrusted with private information and the confidence of
              another; "a confidential secretary"
       2: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet
          information"; "this arrangement must be kept
          confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: {closet(a)},
           {secret}]
       3: denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach";
          "in confidential tone of voice"
       4: the level of official classification for documents next
          above restricted and below secret; available only to
          persons authorized to see documents so classified

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "confidential":
     auricular, between us, chummy, classified, close, closet, esoteric,
     hush-hush, hushed, in petto, inside, intimate, not for publication,
     off the record, private, privileged, sealed, secret, thick, tried,
     trustworthy, trusty, under privilege, unpublishable
  
  

















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