unreserve

un·re·serve

noun \-ˈzərv\

Definition of UNRESERVE

: absence of reserve : frankness

Examples of UNRESERVE

1. <with an unreserve perhaps never before witnessed in the halls of Congress, the general gave his unvarnished assessment of the war effort>

First Known Use of UNRESERVE

1751

Related to UNRESERVE

Synonyms: bluntness, candidness, directness, forthrightness, frankness, honesty, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, plainspokenness, plumpness, straightforwardness, unguardedness, candor, unreservedness

Antonyms: dissembling, dissimulation, indirection

Related Words: earnestness, sincerity, sobriety; artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete or naiveté), simplicity, unsophistication; communicativeness, freedom, license (or licence), uninhibitedeness, unrestrainedness, unrestraint

Near Antonyms: circuitousness, evasiveness, secretiveness; inhibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, shyness; diplomacy, tact

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Rhymes with UNRESERVE

facial nerve, in reserve, learning curve, normal curve, optic nerve, spinal nerve