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MENTAL RESERVATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental reservation mean? 

MENTAL RESERVATION (noun)
  The noun MENTAL RESERVATION has 1 sense:

1. an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedlyplay

  Familiarity information: MENTAL RESERVATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MENTAL RESERVATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

arriere pensee; mental reservation; reservation

Hypernyms ("mental reservation" is a kind of...):

doubt; doubtfulness; dubiety; dubiousness; incertitude; uncertainty (the state of being unsure of something)


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