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Unavowed

adjective
1.
Not openly expressed.  Synonym: sneaking.
2.
Not affirmed or mentioned or declared.
3.
Not openly made known.  Synonym: secret.  "A secret bride"





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"Unavowed" Quotes from Famous Books



... whether India should be governed by law or by merely personal discretion. Baseless as the 'discretion' theory may be, it has a strong unavowed influence. And yet it is the very specific difference of our rule that it is rule by law and not despotism. Englishmen could have no desire simply to set up a new despotism differing from the old only in being administered by Englishmen instead of natives. The moral difference is unmistakable. ...
— The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. - A Judge of the High Court of Justice • Sir Leslie Stephen


Words linked to "Unavowed" :   undeclared, concealed, unacknowledged


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