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- adjective Not
acknowledged - adjective Not
confessed (to a priest)
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- adjective not admitted
- noun people who have not confessed
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not that this kind of unconfessed self-esteem is in any sense vanity or conceit.
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We had a kind of unconfessed idea that she did not take half pains enough to make us like her.
My Young Days Anonymous
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Possibly known to the baby boomers as the prince of all assassins, Lee Harvey Oswald's unconfessed murder of JFK was an event of such universal impact, that it might have been our first real brush with death.
Melody Breyer-Grell: Oswald by Dennis Richard: Anatomy of an Interrogation Melody Breyer-Grell 2011
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A willingness to publicly admit to and acknowledge flawed behavior many would have liked to have left unexpressed and unconfessed should be part of the gene pool of church life and perhaps part of our public life, too.
Elizabeth E. Evans: Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill: An Unfinished Conversation About Christian Morality Elizabeth E. Evans 2010
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Possibly known to the baby boomers as the prince of all assassins, Lee Harvey Oswald's unconfessed murder of JFK was an event of such universal impact, that it might have been our first real brush with death.
Melody Breyer-Grell: Oswald by Dennis Richard: Anatomy of an Interrogation Melody Breyer-Grell 2011
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Do they have thoughts, unconfessed thoughts, that they shouldn't have?
Say there's this elephant Lynn Beighley 2011
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A willingness to publicly admit to and acknowledge flawed behavior many would have liked to have left unexpressed and unconfessed should be part of the gene pool of church life and perhaps part of our public life, too.
Elizabeth E. Evans: Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill: An Unfinished Conversation About Christian Morality Elizabeth E. Evans 2010
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The sad fact is, bad Catholics (that is, Catholics with unconfessed mortal sin) receive Communion all of the time.
A bit more on Holy Communion and non-Catholic Christians 2009
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A willingness to publicly admit to and acknowledge flawed behavior many would have liked to have left unexpressed and unconfessed should be part of the gene pool of church life and perhaps part of our public life, too.
Elizabeth E. Evans: Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill: An Unfinished Conversation About Christian Morality Elizabeth E. Evans 2010
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In other words, as has been noted above, there are instances (having unconfessed mortal sin) in which Catholics shouldn't receive Communion.
A bit more on Holy Communion and non-Catholic Christians 2009
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