confidentiality
Definition
The entrustment of proprietary information from one party to another for that party's exclusive use so as not to impart the obtained knowledge to others.
Use confidentiality in a sentence
“ You may want to have a confidentiality agreement with another party if you do not want others to know what you are doing. ”
“ I was glad that the psychologist believed in confidentiality because I did not want any information to be leaked to my family. ”
“ All employees in this firm are required to sign confidentiality agreements for each client we have, and if any of these confidentiality agreements are broken, an immediate termination will take place. ”
