reservation

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reservation/rezəˈveɪʃn/

▶noun

• 1 the action of reserving.

  ■ an arrangement whereby something has been reserved.

• 2 a qualification or expression of doubt attached to a statement or claim.

• 3 an area of land set aside for occupation by North American Indians or Australian Aboriginals.

• 4 Law a right or interest retained in an estate being conveyed.

• 5 (in the Roman Catholic Church) the action of a superior of reserving the power of absolution.

  ■ a right reserved to the Pope of nomination to a vacant benefice.