Reservation

Quick meaning: Reservation is a noun meaning The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

Meaning

The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

More Meanings

1. Something that is withheld or kept back.
2. (often in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty or risk; a doubt or concern.
3. An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
4. (UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway.
5. (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people, such as the Hopi Reservation or the Navajo Nation's territory.
6. (India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).
7. (law, politics) A power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown.

Example Sentences

I have reservations about your intentions.

The committee authorised the reservation of funds.

I have a hotel reservation in the name of Mr Smith.

I have some reservations about cosigning a loan for him.

Word Forms

• reservations

Synonyms for reservation

Depending on context, synonyms include booking, median, reserve, rez, rezzy, qualification.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include qualification, booking, reserve, ness, custody, keeping.

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