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PRONUNCIATION OF MENTAL RESERVATION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENTAL RESERVATION

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conjunction
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Mental reservation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MENTAL RESERVATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mental reservation

The doctrine of mental reservation, or of mental equivocation, was a special branch of casuistry developed in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and most often associated with the Jesuits.

Definition of mental reservation in the English dictionary

The definition of mental reservation in the dictionary is a tacit withholding of full assent or an unexpressed qualification made when one is taking an oath, making a statement, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENTAL RESERVATION

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mental handicap
mental healer
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mental health
mental health care
mental home
mental illness
mental impairment
mental lexicon
mental retardation
mental strain
mentalese

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENTAL RESERVATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
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Synonyms and antonyms of mental reservation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mental reservation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENTAL RESERVATION

Find out the translation of mental reservation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mental reservation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mental reservation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精神预订
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reserva mental
570 millions of speakers

English

mental reservation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानसिक आरक्षण
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حجز العقلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

психическое заказ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reserva mental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানসিক রিজার্ভেশন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

restriction mentale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tempahan mental
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorbehalte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

心的留保
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신 예약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mental reservasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt phòng tinh thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மன ஒதுக்கீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानसिक आरक्षण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zihinsel rezervasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riserva mentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rezerwacja psychicznego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

психічне замовлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rezervare mental
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψυχική κράτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geestelike bespreking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mentalt förbehåll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mental reservasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mental reservation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENTAL RESERVATION»

The term «mental reservation» is normally little used and occupies the 136.109 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENTAL RESERVATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mental reservation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENTAL RESERVATION»

Discover the use of mental reservation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mental reservation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mental Reservation
Mental Reservation from The Catholic Encyclopedia and Encyclicals verbatim et literatim ”When impertinent people, either maliciously or stupidly, endeavor to wrest these secrets from us, we are perfectly justified in using 'Reservatio Mentalis', ...
Richard A. Gordon, 2001
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Chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal ...
A mental reservation might be involved in the same words, if one were to say : 1 1 did not write this libel,' mentally withholding the word ' to-day,' although he had written it ' yesterday,' or on some earlier day. Few questions in casuistry have ...
‎1869
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge ...
A mental reservation might be involved in the same words, if one were to say : ' I did not write this libel.' mentally withholding the word ' to-day,' although he had written it ' yesterday,' or on some earlier day. Few questions in casuistry have ...
‎1871
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The Origins of Moral Theology in the United States: Three ...
A lie differs from a mental reservation, which is an act of the mind distorting or restricting the words of a certain proposition to a meaning different from the natural and obvious meaning. There are two types of mental reservations. A pure  ...
Charles E. Curran, 1997
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: Dictionary of Universal Knowledge ...
A mental reservation might be involved in the same words, if one were to say : * I did not write this libel,' mentally withholding the word ' to-day,' although he had written it ' yesterday,' or on some earlier day. Few questions in casuistry have ...
‎1874
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Doctrine of Mental Reservation
The doctrine of mental reservation or the doctrine of mental equivocation, was a special branch of casuistry developed in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance and most often associated with the Jesuits.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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The Context of Casuistry
A lie differs from a mental reservation, which is an act of the mind distorting or restricting the words of a certain proposition to a meaning different from the natural and obvious meaning. There are two types of mental reservations. A pure mental ...
James F. Keenan, Thomas A. Shannon, 1995
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Conscience and Casuistry in Early Modern Europe
An examination of a fundamental aspect of the intellectual history of early modern Europe.
Edmund Leites, 2002
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Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1: A Sum of Practical ...
Whether all mental reservation be unlawful ? Arum. This needeth no other answer than the former. If the expressed words be a lie, the mental reservation will not make them justifiable as a truth. But if the expressed words of themselves be true, ...
‎2007
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Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's Macbeth
Garnet put severe limits around equivocation in general, and around mental reservation in particular. There are some cases where one can never use it (to deny one's faith, to advance an evil cause, to hurt others, to promote any act of itself ...
Garry Wills, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENTAL RESERVATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mental reservation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama Admin. Updates Eligibility Requirements To Omit Portions Of …
... when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God. «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
2
Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers
... that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely and without mental reservation or for purpose of evasion; ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
3
Celebrating people, accomplishments
... civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help ... «Southeast Missourian, Jul 15»
4
New citizens remind us of rights and privileges
... when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.". «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
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OTHER VOICES: Ricketts' donation to petition drive: Unseemly
... that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely and without mental reservation or for purpose of evasion; ... «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
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Editorial, 7/6: Donation to referendum effort unseemly
... that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely and without mental reservation or for purpose of evasion; ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
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Local residents share joy, pride in becoming American citizens
... under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, ... «Massillon Independent, Jul 15»
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Gene Smith: Liberty was a process, not a feat
America's warriors serve by obeying the President and their superiors. Any mental reservation about that is best resolved before raising one's ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
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The normalisation of lying in Australian politics
... their pedophile companions; misuse of funds to engage in a lifestyle of power and privilige; and the use of 'mental reservation' to avoid telling ... «Eureka Street, Jul 15»
10
Sex scandal now involves gardai who did not do more
Cardinals might call it "mental reservation". Smyth's ordination in Rome went ahead, despite a suggestion that he had abused at least one boy ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»

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