unconfessed

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adjective

Not acknowledged in a confession.

“He died unconfessed.”

Scrabble 17

Meanings

unconfessed1

adjectiveunconfessed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot acknowledged in a confession.

    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.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 243
  2. not comparableNot having confessed to a priest.

    He died unconfessed.

unconfessed2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unconfess

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot admitted

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

unconfessed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconfessed

MLA

“unconfessed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconfessed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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