unreserven.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈzəːv/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈzərv/ Absence of or freedom from reserve; frankness, candour; uninhibitedness.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness > specifically in speech
frankness1553
freedom1585
apertness1604
ingenuity1614
unreservedness1713
unreserve1717
candour1769
free-spokenness1858
1717 W. Harris Self-Dedication 42 I do this from the deepest Conviction of Mind, with the freest Consent of Soul, with absolute Entireness and Unreserve.
1751 J. Duncombe in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) II. 273 He has rather more openness and unreserve than his brother.
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xi. 206 ‘May I really speak with freedom?’.. ‘With the most perfect unreserve and confidence,’ answered Vivian.
1869 W. D. Howells in Atlantic Monthly May 638/1 There was the same physical unreserve as in the ballets of a former season.
1904 A. J. Beveridge Russ. Advance xxvi. 386 Their [sc. Russians'] opinions of America are given with frankness and unreserve.
1952 M. Burke in J. B. Cabell Quiet, Please p. xvii The bands of butterflies exhibited, with unreserve, their joyous freedom of wings.
2003 L. S. Pangle Aristotle & Philos. of Friendship v. 105 This is the same Gracchus whose loyal friend Gaius Blossius is praised with such unreserve by Montaigne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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