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without reserve

ADJECTIVE
freely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
candidly openly voluntarily willingly
WEAK
advisedly as you please at one's discretion at one's pleasure at will deliberately designedly fancy-free frankly intentionally of one's own accord of one's own free will plainly purposely spontaneously unchallenged unreservedly without hindrance without prompting without restraint without urging
Antonyms
WEAK
bound limited
ADVERB
frankly
Synonyms
STRONG
candidly
WEAK
bluntly dead level directly forthrightly freely from the hip in truth laid on the line level on the level on the line openly plainly straight straight-out straightforwardly
Antonyms
WEAK
deviously dishonestly insincerely secretively
ADVERB
openly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blatantly brazenly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly
WEAK
aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in public in the open ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly warts and all without pretense
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incompletely
WEAK
secretly shamefully

Example Sentences

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The island will be offered at an auction without reserve on 25 November.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

The Chargers also are without reserve edge rusher Chris Rumph II, who suffered a fractured foot while warming up for the Chargers’ Week 10 game against Detroit.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The Clippers already are without reserve Norman Powell, whose shoulder injury could keep him out at least until next week.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Heretofore our only avenues of information of such personalities led through the asylums for the insane, for it was there that such revelations as those of Mr. Joyce were made without reserve.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

A prince is also respected when he is a true friend and a true enemy: that is, when he declares himself to be on the side of one prince against another, without reserve.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli