a qualification tacitly added in making a statement, taking an oath, etc., when it is thought inadvisable to express open dissent; (also) the fact…
| 单词 | θ127298 |
| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [noun] > mental reservation (4) mental reservation1606 a qualification tacitly added in making a statement, taking an oath, etc., when it is thought inadvisable to express open dissent; (also) the fact… restriction1607 More fully mental restriction. Chiefly in religious contexts: = mental reservation n. at mental, adj.1 n.compounds. precision1683 Chiefly Philosophy. The action or an act of separating or cutting off, esp. the mental separation of one fact or idea from another; abstraction… mentals1712 In plural. Mental reservations. Obsolete. |
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