sworn secrecy
Oath-bound confidentiality
Sworn secrecy is a promise or oath to keep something confidential.
The phrase implies a binding commitment, whether formal or informal: She told me under sworn secrecy that she was leaving the company.
To be sworn to secrecy is to have made such a promise, often extracted by someone sharing sensitive information.
- oathFormal binding promise
- under oathFormally pledged to honesty
- blood oathVow sealed by bloodshed
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
need to know · confidential · off the record · hush · whisper · pact · covenant · pinky promise · silence · clandestine · hidden · trust · betrayal · loyalty · sealed · lips · lips sealed · promise
- Mafiamafia, Cosa Nostra, Sicilian Mafia, Five Families, Colombo
- Papal Conclaveconclave, papal conclave, papal election, white smoke, black smoke
- secret societiesFreemasons, Illuminati, Masons, Freemasonry, Rosicrucians
- confidentialityNDA, non-disclosure, nondisclosure, confidentiality clause, confidentiality
- political intrigueintrigue, conspiracy, treason, plot, collusion
sworn secrecypublic knowledge
Facts anyone can access
public disclosure · full transparency · public record · common knowledge · on the record
sworn secrecysworn testimony
Oath-bound legal statement
mandatory reporting · whistleblowing · freedom of information · tell-all · going public
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