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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reservation \Res`er*va"tion\ (r?z`?r-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
     r['e]servation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.]
     1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or
        withholding from disclosure; reserve. --A. Smith.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With reservation of an hundred knights. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Make some reservation of your wrongs. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or
        not given up or brought forward. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use,
        as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Law)
        (a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is
            reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse
            before.
        (b) A proviso. --Kent.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: This term is often used in the same sense with
           exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Eccl.)
        (a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for
            purposes of devotion and for the communion of the
            absent and sick.
        (b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope
            reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     7. an agreement to have some space, service or other
        acommodation, as at a hotel, a restaurant, or on a public
        transport system, held for one's future use; also, the
        record or receipt for such an agreement, or the
        contractual obligation to retain that accommodation; as, a
        hotel reservation; a reservation on a flight to Dallas; to
        book a reservation at the Ritz.
        [PJC]
  
     Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to
        disclose, something that affects a statement, promise,
        etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its
        import.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reservation \Res`er*va"tion\ (r?z`?r-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
     r['e]servation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.]
     1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or
        withholding from disclosure; reserve. --A. Smith.
  
              With reservation of an hundred knights. --Shak.
  
              Make some reservation of your wrongs. --Shak.
  
     2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or
        not given up or brought forward. --Dryden.
  
     3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use,
        as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]
  
     4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. --Shak.
  
     5. (Law)
        (a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is
            reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse
            before.
        (b) A proviso. --Kent.
  
     Note: This term is often used in the same sense with
           exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.
  
     6. (Eccl.)
        (a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for
            purposes of devotion and for the communion of the
            absent and sick.
        (b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope
            reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.
  
     Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to
        disclose, something that affects a statement, promise,
        etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its
        import.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  reservation
       n 1: a district that is reserved for particular purpose [syn: reserve]
       2: a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he
          recommended her without any reservations" [syn: qualification]
       3: an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something
          wholeheartedly [syn: mental reservation, arriere pensee]
       4: the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the
          services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made
          the booking" [syn: booking]
       5: the written record or promise of an arrangement by which
          accommodations are secured in advance
       6: something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a
          seat on a plane etc.)
       7: the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future
          occasion

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reservation
     Αγγλικά n.
     η επιφύλαξη

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reservation
     n.
     1 The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
     2 # The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the
  Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
     3 # The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate
  to certain benefices.
     4 Something that is withheld or kept back.
     5 (senseid en qualification)(lb en often in the plural) A limiting
  qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.
     6 (lb en US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the
  use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian (m
  en reserve)).
     7 An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are
  secured in advance.
     8 (lb en UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a
  divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also ''central reservation''.
     9 (lb en 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).
     10 (lb en 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.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  reservation
     n.
     1 The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
     2 # The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the
  Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
     3 # The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate
  to certain benefices.
     4 Something that is withheld or kept back.
     5 (senseid en qualification)(lb en often in the plural) A limiting
  qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.
     6 (lb en US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the
  use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian (m
  en reserve)).
     7 An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are
  secured in advance.
     8 (lb en UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a
  divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also ''central reservation''.
     9 (lb en 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).
     10 (lb en 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  reservation
     n.
     1 The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
     2 # The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the
  Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
     3 # The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate
  to certain benefices.
     4 Something that is withheld or kept back.
     5 (senseid en qualification)(lb en often in the plural) A limiting
  qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.
     6 (lb en US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the
  use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian (m
  en reserve)).
     7 An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are
  secured in advance.
     8 (lb en UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a
  divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also ''central reservation''.
     9 (lb en 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).
     10 (lb en 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  reservation
     n.
     1 The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
     2 # The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the
  Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
     3 # The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate
  to certain benefices.
     4 Something that is withheld or kept back.
     5 (senseid en qualification)(lb en often in the plural) A limiting
  qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.
     6 (lb en US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the
  use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian (m
  en reserve)).
     7 An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are
  secured in advance.
     8 (lb en UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a
  divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also ''central reservation''.
     9 (lb en 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).
     10 (lb en 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.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reservation
     Englanti n.
     1 varaus
     2 varauma

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reservation
     n.
     1 det att reservera något
     2 det att inte fullständigt ge sig hän eller ge efter åt något
     3 det att inte helt tro på något
     4 det att inte delta i ett gemensamt beslut i till exempel en
  styrelse
     5 (tagg: ålderdomligt) reservat

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  reservation
     n.
     1 det att reservera något
     2 det att inte fullständigt ge sig hän eller ge efter åt något
     3 det att inte helt tro på något
     4 det att inte delta i ett gemensamt beslut i till exempel en
  styrelse
     5 (tagg: ålderdomligt) reservat

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Reservation /rˌeːzɛɾvatsjˈoːn/ 
  reservation 
     Synonym: Reservat
  
   see: Reservate

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Reservation /ɹˌɛzəvˈeɪʃən/
  الحجز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  reservation //ˌɹɛzəˈveɪʃən// //ˌɹɛzɚˈveɪʃən// 
  1. запазване
  act of withholding
  2. резерва́ция
  arrangement by which something is secured in advance
  3. резерва, уговорка
  limiting qualification
  4. запас
  something withheld
  5. резерват
  tract of land