Meanings
nounconfidentiality (countable and uncountable, plural confidentialities)
plural confidentialities
- uncountableThe property of being confidential.
The company was unable to comment on much of the moves owing to client confidentiality agreements.
2023 October 18, Pip Dunn, “Network News: HSTs land in Mexico with more primed for export”, in RAIL, number 994, page 141 more example
“Protection of victim confidentiality is essential, though we were never contacted about our thoughts on this,” the source said.
2016 September 1, Ellie Kaufman, “University of Kentucky sues student newspaper over sexual assault case”, in CNN - countableSomething told in confidence; a secret.
Origin
Translations
Basque konfidentzialtasun
- konfidentzialtasunproperty
Catalan confidencialitat
- confidencialitatproperty
Finnish luottamuksellisuus
- luottamuksellisuusproperty
German Vertraulichkeit
- Vertraulichkeitproperty
Greek εμπιστευτικότητα
- εμπιστευτικότητα (empisteftikótita)property
Hungarian bizalmasság, titoktartás
- bizalmasságproperty
- titoktartásproperty
Irish rúndacht
- rúndachtproperty
Italian confidenzialità
- confidenzialitàproperty
Norwegian Bokmål konfidensialitet
- konfidensialitetproperty
Polish poufność
- poufnośćproperty
Portuguese confidencialidade
- confidencialidadeproperty
Spanish confidencialidad
- confidencialidadproperty
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with confidentiality
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APA
confidentiality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confidentiality
MLA
“confidentiality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confidentiality. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confidentiality,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confidentiality.
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