mental reservation

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mental reservation

noun mental reservations

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. I agreed to testify without any mental reservation.

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@misc{mental_reservation_2026,
  title = {mental reservation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mental%20reservation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}