  We provide the evidence for the existence of partially deconfined phase in
large-$N$ gauge theory. In this phase, the SU($M$) subgroup of SU($N$) gauge
group deconfines, where $\frac{M}{N}$ changes continuously from zero (confined
phase) to one (deconfined phase). The partially deconfined phase may exist in
real QCD with $N=3$.
