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Meanings of mental reservation in English
Spanish
reservas An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly.
Usage of mental reservation in English
1
The difficulty was reconciled to her own conscience by a mental reservation.
2
Burleigh accepted for self and partner, Loomis for himself, with mental reservation.
3
But now we have the real explanation -it is mental reservation.
4
He will then abjure the other King with a mental reservation.
5
There is neither hypocrisy, caprice, nor mental reservation in her favours.
6
Lidgerwood put the query aside finally, but with a mental reservation.
7
He now swears allegiance to one King with a mental reservation.
8
These three propositions can be stated without limitation or mental reservation.
9
Such mental reservation on your part is every thing but kind.
10
We are required to take them absolutely, without any reversion of mental reservation.
11
Orde stirred uneasily with a mental reservation as to selfishness, but said nothing.
12
He had promised his assistance, but not without a mental reservation.
13
Dyckman, however, had been ashamed of a mental reservation or two.
14
You aren't making any kind of mental reservation in his case, are you?'
15
With a mental reservation in favour of investigating the forecastle, I went on deck.
16
I shall now give it an answer in perfect sincerity, without the slightest mental reservation.
This collocation consists of:
Mental reservation through the time
Mental reservation across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common