reservation

Plural

reservations

1. 1.The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

   • The committee authorised the reservation of funds.

2. 2.Something that is withheld or kept back.

3. 3.A limiting qualification regarding certainty or risk; a doubt or concern.

   • I have reservations about your intentions.
   • I have some reservations about cosigning a loan for him.
   • Apart from the problemette with the punchy bits, I've got only one reservation with the game and that's that the tie-in element is a bit shaky to say the least.

4. 4.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.

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