förbehålla

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Swedish

Etymology

för- +‎ behålla

Verb

förbehålla

  1. to reserve, to make a reservation (to reduce the effect of a promise)
    • 1906, August Strindberg, Nya svenska öden : Hövdingaminnen : Vasa-arvet
      Han beviljade lutheranerna i Sverige full religionsfrihet, men förbehöll sig motsvarande frihet åt sig och de sina, vilket dock vägrades honom.
      He granted the Lutherans in Sweden full freedom of religion, but reserved the corresponding freedom for himself and his own, which however was refused.

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