confidentiality; nondisclosure
Formal term used in legal, business, and official contexts to refer to the protection of secrets or confidential information. Often appears in compound terms like 秘密保持契約 (confidentiality agreement).
See also: 秘密保持契約
Please sign the confidentiality agreement.
Confidentiality is the top priority in this project.
秘密 means 'secret' or 'confidential matter', while 秘密保持 refers specifically to the act or principle of maintaining confidentiality.
守秘義務 is a legal or professional 'duty of confidentiality', whereas 秘密保持 is the broader concept of keeping secrets.
non-disclosure agreement; NDA
Compound of 秘密 (secret) + 保持 (maintenance, retention). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern formal coinage.