unconfessed

English

Etymology 1

un- + confessed

Adjective

unconfessed (not comparable)

  1. Not acknowledged in a confession.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. [], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, [], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 243:
      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. Not having confessed to a priest.
    He died unconfessed.

Verb

unconfessed

  1. simple past and past participle of unconfess
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