reservation

The definition of a reservation is something withheld or the act of withholding something.

(noun)

An example of reservation is someone calling a restaurant and asking them to hold a table for a specific time.
An example of reservation is a concern that holds a person back from doing something.

See reservation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act of reserving or that which is reserved; specif.,
1. a withholding of a right, interest, etc.
2. that part of a deed or contract which provides for this
3. ☆ public land set aside for some special use: an Indian reservation, military reservation
4. ☆ an arrangement by which a hotel room, theater or airline ticket, etc. is set aside and held until called for
5. ☆ anything so reserved in advance
6. ☆ the promise of or a request for such an arrangement
a limiting condition or qualification, tacit or expressed, as in an agreement: to make a promise with mental reservations

Origin: ME < ML reservatio

See reservation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act of reserving; a keeping back or withholding.
Something that is kept back or withheld.
A limiting qualification, condition, or exception: has reservations about the proposal.
A tract of land set apart by the federal government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a Native American people.
a. An arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance, as in a hotel or on an airplane.
b. The accommodations so secured.
c. The record or promise of such an arrangement.

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