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1. (n.) reservation
the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
2. reservation
the act of making an exception or qualification.
3. reservation
an exception or qualification:
to accept something with inner reservations.
4. reservation
a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an American Indian people.
5. reservation
an arrangement to secure accommodations, as at a restaurant or on a plane.
6. reservation
the record kept or assurance given of such an arrangement.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF )
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) reservation, reserve
a district that is reserved for particular purpose
2. (noun) reservation, qualification
a statement that limits or restricts some claim
"he recommended her without any reservations"
3. (noun) mental reservation, reservation, arriere pensee
an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
4. (noun) booking, reservation
the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
"wondered who had made the booking"
5. (noun) reservation
the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
6. (noun) reservation
something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)
7. (noun) reservation
the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion
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1. (noun) reservation
a feeling of doubt
I have some reservations about the new system.
2. reservation
an arrangement to have a theater ticket, train ticket, hotel room, etc.
a hotel/flight/restaurant reservation; I'll make reservations for four people at 8:00.
3. reservation
a protected area where animals can live safely
a nature reservation
4. reservation
in the U.S. an area of land that Native Americans own, live on, and govern
to live on a reservation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) reservation
the act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve
2. (noun) reservation
something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward
3. (noun) reservation
a tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc
4. (noun) reservation
the state of being reserved, or kept in store
5. (noun) reservation
a clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before
6. (noun) reservation
a proviso
7. (noun) reservation
the portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick
8. (noun) reservation
a term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices
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