unreserve

[ uhn-ri-zurv ]

noun
  1. absence of reserve; frankness; candor.

Origin of unreserve

1
First recorded in 1745–55; un-1 + reserve

Words Nearby unreserve

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How to use unreserve in a sentence

  • How strange and new were these reckless outbreaks of unreserve.

    The Pastor's Wife | Elizabeth von Arnim
  • He pushed it toward them with charming unreserve, and the bewilderment with which it was read seemed to please him.

    A Good Samaritan | Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
  • No one, fairly and impartially judging, could say that Elizabeth had behaved to him except with friendly unreserve.

    Arundel | Edward Frederic Benson
  • Let no man confound the bold unreserve of Sand with that of those who have lost the feeling of beauty and the love of good.

    Woman in the Nineteenth Century | Margaret Fuller Ossoli
  • He was of an unreserve concerning his ignorance which his solicitor felt sometimes almost struck one in the face.

    T. Tembarom | Frances Hodgson Burnett