unconfessed
Americanadjective
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not openly admitted; not declared to be true.
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Christianity. not having confessed one's sins for absolution.
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The next morning, as snow began to fall over Istanbul, I boarded the Taurus Express for Aleppo, brimming with unconfessed yearning.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
He gives an example of a spouse who has credit issues that go unconfessed, emerging when a loan application is filled out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2016
I reread him more than any other author except…well, perhaps some matters are better left unconfessed.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2014
He looks like neither a swindling person or the unconfessed byblow of a neanderthal rake, but like the sort of hard-soft, period Irishman he is supposed to be.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But she divined his unconfessed thought with the certitude of intuition.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
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