unreserve en · NOUN
Etymology
From un- + reserve.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A lack or absence of reserve; frankness; uninhibitedness.
Kitty, tho' perhaps not authorized to address him with so much familiarity on so short an acquaintance, could not forbear indulging the natural Unreserve and Vivacity of her own Disposition, in speaking to him, as he spoke to her.
c. 1792–3, Jane Austen, ‘Catharine, or The Bower’, Juvenilia
- (India, countable) A forest that is not set aside as a reserve.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unreserves | Number=Plur | lexicographic |