confidentiality agreement

noun

: nondisclosure agreement

The company required that candidates for high-level positions agree to sign a confidentiality agreement before being hired.

In Houston this month, Gibson screened the unfinished film for a group of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders—all of whom signed a confidentiality agreement.

—Richard Corliss

Examples of confidentiality agreement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In their first public statement made outside the courtroom since Kohberger's arrest in December 2022, Kohberger's lawyers have accused a former defense expert, criminologist Brent Turvey, of violating a confidentiality agreement by speaking about the case. —Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026

Some of those suits ended with multimillion-dollar settlements to homeowners, who are subject to confidentiality agreements as part of the deals. —Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026

The filings, however, give limited details on some of his largest holdings, citing confidentiality agreements. —Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026

Those studies will not be shared, Callahan said, because of confidentiality agreements. —Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for confidentiality agreement

• disagreement