reservation
noun
[ rɛzəˈveɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of reserving something.
• "the reservation of positions for non-Americans"
• an expression of doubt qualifying overall approval of a plan or statement.
• "some generals voiced reservations about making air strikes"
Similar:
doubt,
qualm,
scruple,
misgivings,
scepticism,
unease,
hesitation,
hesitancy,
demur,
reluctance,
objection,
demurrer,
• an area of land set aside for occupation by North American Indians or Australian Aboriginal people.
• "the boy's family live on a reservation"
• a right or interest retained in an estate being conveyed.
• "the retention of a right to enter the demised property will be a reservation"
• (in the Roman Catholic Church) the action of a superior of reserving to himself the power of absolution.
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the Pope's right of nomination to a benefice): from Old French, or from late Latin reservatio(n- ), from reservare ‘keep back’ (see reserve).
