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un⋅bos⋅om

  [uhn-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
2. to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, or the like, esp. in confidence.
—Idiom
3. unbosom oneself, to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, etc., to another person; confide one's private affairs: He unbosomed himself to a complete stranger.
Origin:
1580–90; un- 2 + bosom (v.)

Related forms:
un⋅bos⋅om⋅er, noun
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un·bos·om   (ŭn-bŏŏz'əm, -bōō'zəm)   
v.   un·bos·omed, un·bos·om·ing, un·bos·oms

v.   tr.
  1. To confide (one's thoughts or feelings).
  2. To relieve (oneself) of troublesome thoughts or feelings.
v.   intr.
To reveal one's thoughts or feelings.
un·bos'om·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Unbosom

Un*bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unbosomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Unbosoming.] [1st pref. un- + bosom.] To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self. --Milton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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