confidence
French → English
(communication) Secret: private information shared with someone under the expectation of trust and privacy.
Elle lui a fait la confidence de ses projets secrets de départ pour l'étranger.
(English) She shared the secret of her hidden plans to go abroad with him.
Balzac éprouvait parfois le besoin de s'épancher et de livrer des confidences à ses amis proches.
(English) Balzac sometimes felt the need to pour his heart out and share secrets with his close friends.
(state) Confidentiality: the state of being trusted with someone's private secrets or having a close, confiding relationship.
L'ambassadeur était sur le pied de la confidence avec la reine grâce à leur longue amitié.
(English) The ambassador was on confidential terms with the queen thanks to their long friendship.
Il est dangereux de mettre une personne peu fiable dans la confidence d'une affaire d'État.
(English) It is dangerous to let an unreliable person into the confidence of a state affair.
Entry ID: fr:en:confidence · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary