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In his plays, the previously unmentionable was said; the formerly unavowed, acknowledged.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chirac's candidate, incumbent Assembly President Edgar Faure, 69, was pitted against Giscard's unavowed but clear choice, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, 63.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is an unnecessary confession, but I could not be satisfied to insert the record here, with my vanity unavowed.

From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary

Baseless as the 'discretion' theory may be, it has a strong unavowed influence.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

It was no difficult matter for McClure to possess himself of the unavowed reason of my Lord Wargrove's ardent search for a carriage and horses.

From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)