pride vs reserve

pride

noun
  • Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation. 

  • Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal. 

  • That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc. 

  • A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; rejection of shame 

  • Show; ostentation; glory. 

  • The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis. 

  • The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others. 

  • Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness. 

  • Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory. 

  • A company of lions or other large felines. 

verb
  • To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it. 

reserve

noun
  • Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. 

  • A reserve price in an auction. 

  • Wine held back and aged before being sold. 

  • A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency. 

  • Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain. 

  • The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception. 

  • A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose 

  • A resist. 

  • A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit. 

  • In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified. 

  • A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates. 

  • A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.) 

  • Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements. 

  • A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play. 

  • A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited. 

verb
  • To keep back; to retain. 

  • To book in advance; to make a reservation. 

  • To keep in store for future or special use. 

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