confidential communication

American  

noun

Law.

1. a confidential statement made to a lawyer, doctor, or pastor, or to one's spouse, privileged against disclosure in court if the privilege is claimed by the client, patient, penitent, or spouse.

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Etymology

Origin of confidential communication

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

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confidential communication

Once someone is found, confidential communication is almost impossible.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2025

The existence of a confidential communication channel between Mary and Castelnau was well-known to historians, and even to the English government at the time.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023

He and his lawyers say that his rights to confidential communication and to prepare his defense have been repeatedly violated.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2021

NSLs are written directives from the FBI demanding confidential communication or financial transaction records.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2019

He did not trouble me with questions; he asked for no confidential communication, which the sole friend of my childhood and early youth might well have demanded.

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

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