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Noun: mental reservation
  1. An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
    "He agreed to the plan, but with a mental reservation about its feasibility";
    - reservation, arrière pensée

Derived forms: mental reservations

Type of: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty

Encyclopedia: Mental reservation