confess
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
unconfessing
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a word derived from
confess.
Example Sentences
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He bent the friendliest, most unconfessing eyes on his disciple of a couple of years before; asked him about everything, his health, his plans, his late occupations, the new book.
From The Lesson of the Master by James, Henry
Thus Time is continually bringing in his bills of indemnity in favour of these unconfessing culprits.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 by Chambers, William
It shows, at any rate, that Mather felt sure that Proctor went out of the world, an unrepenting, unconfessing wizard, and, therefore, not a fit subject for a Christian Minister to unite with in prayer.
From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth
