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state secret

noun

Definitions

  1. Information which pertains to the affairs of a country, access to which is restricted by…

    Information which pertains to the affairs of a country, access to which is restricted by the government.

    • I'll tell you one great State secret: the Queen, sensible how much she was governed by the late Ministry, runs a little into t'other extreme, and is jealous in that point.
    • "Your brother," he continued, "in his travels on the Continent stumbled by chance upon a State secret of international importance."

  2. Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not…

    Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important.

  3. Alternative form of state secret.

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