unconfessed
adjective
un·con·fessed
ˌən-kən-ˈfest 
1
: not avowed, acknowledged, or confessed
The society is heavy with unconfessed sins …—
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chestertonunconfessed desires
2
: not having confessed
For his crime his life is forfeited by the law … but it were peril to my own soul to let him die unconfessed and unabsolved.—Mark Twain
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Could infamous Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer have committed one more unconfessed mutilation murder?
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2022
Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2022
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