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mental reservation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
men-tal reser-va-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of holding back some word or clause which is necessary to convey fully the meaning really intended by the speaker, distinct from equivocation.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

mental reservations (plural)

Synonyms

reservation arriere pensee

Questions

What does mental reservation mean?
The act of holding back some word or clause which is necessary to convey fully the meaning really intended by the speaker, distinct from equivocation.

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