reservation

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Synonyms: preservation, renervation, observation, enervation, reservations, relevation, asservation, denervation, recurvation, reinervation, resedation

Antonyms: preservation, renervation, observation, enervation, reservations, relevation, asservation, denervation, recurvation, reinervation, resedation

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Noun

1. The act of [[reserve|reserving]], [[withholding]] or keeping back.
2. Something that is [[withheld]] or kept back.
3. {{senseid|en|qualification}}{{lb|en|often|in the plural}} A [[limiting]] [[qualification]] regarding [[certainty#Noun|certainty]] or [[risk#Noun|risk]]; a [[doubt#Noun|doubt]] or [[concern#Noun|concern]].
4. {{senseid|en|Q57237926}} {{lb|en|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.
5. {{senseid|en|Q2145615}} An [[arrangement]] by which [[accommodation]] or [[transport]] [[arrangement]]s are [[secure]]d in [[advance]].
6. {{senseid|en|roadway lane separator}} {{lb|en|UK}} The area which separates [[opposing]] lanes of traffic on a [[divide]]d [[motorway]] or [[dual carriageway]].
7. {{lb|en|India}} The setting aside of a certain percentage of [[vacancy|vacancies]] in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).
8. {{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]].

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