unreserve

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   absence of restraint or concealment in speech or behavior; complete frankness or openness (formal or literary)

   He discussed the failed campaign with an unreserve that startled the committee.

Formed in English from un- + reserve, using reserve in the sense 'restraint or reticence.' Reserve came through French reserver from Latin reservare ('keep back'). Unreserve therefore describes speech or behavior in which nothing is held back.

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