mental reservation

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noun

an unexpressed doubt or qualification about a situation, person, etc.

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Origin of mental reservation

First recorded in 1600–10

Words nearby mental reservation

mentalist, mentality, mental lexicon, mentally, mentally ill, mental reservation, mental retardation, mental telepathy, mentation, mentee, Mentes

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How to use mental reservation in a sentence

In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.
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They take home mental baggage unlike anything carried in almost every other job.
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He suggested I needed mental help, and offered to help me transfer to another college.
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And this college course I have sketched should, in the modern state, pass insensibly into adult mental activities.
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It makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.
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To make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.
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The two enjoyed a mutual understanding from which he was excluded, a private intimacy that was spiritual, mental,— physical.
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He took mental inventory of his possessions and what he could lay claim to, and he happened to think about his wife's homestead.
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British Dictionary definitions for mental reservation

mental reservation

noun

a tacit withholding of full assent or an unexpressed qualification made when one is taking an oath, making a statement, etc

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