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

From Woman by Magdeleine Marx

There is often a boisterous unreserve in the plays of Foote, as in other eighteenth-century drama, which revolts modern taste.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

She had welcomed Ralph with the unreserve of the days of their childhood.

From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Frank Lewis Nason

As the British pressed their company upon Emmor with great unreserve, they speedily found the prize in the cellar.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

That she should have felt such abject remorse and have betrayed herself in such humiliating unreserve to Deronda was not.

From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Mrs. Alexander

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