Unconfessed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    people who have not confessed wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unconfess form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not acknowledged in a confession. not-comparable

    "The Chevalier de Joinville made a third in every tête-à-tête, and was de trop in none; for he always talked to them of themselves, or entertained them at the precise moment when there was, though unconfessed, some slight approach to ennui."

  2. 2
    Not having confessed to a priest. not-comparable

    "He died unconfessed."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not admitted wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unacknowledged

Example

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"The Chevalier de Joinville made a third in every tête-à-tête, and was de trop in none; for he always talked to them of themselves, or entertained them at the precise moment when there was, though unconfessed, some slight approach to ennui."

Etymology

From un- + confessed.

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