reservation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
2. 2
   noun Something that is withheld or kept back.
3. 3
   noun (often in the plural) A limiting qualification; a doubt.
4. 4
   noun A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
5. 5
   noun An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
6. 6
   noun The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.
7. 7
   noun 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).