Reservation

s. (reservation, French.) 1. Reserve; concealment of something in the mind (Sanders on), 2. Something kept back;_ something not given up (Swift). Custody 5 state of being treasured up (Shakspeare). ReseRVATION (Mental), a proposition which, strictly taken, and according to the natural import of the terms, is false; but, if quaz lified by something concealed in the mind, becomes true. _Mental reservations are the great refuge of religious hypocrites, who use them to accommodate their consciences with their interests: the Jesuits are zealous advocates for mental reservations; yet are they real lies, as including an intention to deceive. 183