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unreserve

American  
[uhn-ri-zurv] / ˌʌn rɪˈzɜrv /

noun

  1. absence of reserve; frankness; candor.


Etymology

Origin of unreserve

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

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Such unreserve, unfortunately, has too commonly been the transgression of writers of superabundant energy.

From Famous Women: George Sand by Bertha Thomas

"I never thought of it," said Electra at once, in the simplest unreserve.

From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown

And may memory never take possession of this morning of utter unreserve; memory might distort it.

From Woman by Magdeleine Marx

If writers were allowed to do so, and would perform the task with perfect sincerity and unreserve, their opinions of their own productions would often be more valuable and instructive than the works themselves.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various

Men came to him with the same unreserve; they stripped before him and laid bare the foul spots of their heart's disease, as though it were but repeating the story to themselves.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever

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