reservation

n.

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

reservationist res'er·va'tion·ist n.

1. Booking, appointment, or date to perform some activity at a particular time and place.

2. Reluctance, doubt, suspicion, or misgiving entertained about something or someone.

noun

1. A restricting or modifying element: condition, provision, proviso, qualification, specification, stipulation, term (often used in plural). Informal string (often used in plural). See limited/unlimited.
2. A feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action: compunction, misgiving, qualm, scruple. See certain/uncertain.
3. Public land kept for a special purpose: preserve, reserve. See territory.

n

Definition: condition, stipulation
Antonyms: openness

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Quota policy whereby a proportion of government jobs, educational places, and elected posts are set aside for members of particular groups. Extensively used in India, where the Constitution provides for reservation for the Scheduled Castes (Untouchables) and Scheduled Tribes (aboriginals). These two groups currently make up just under a quarter of the population, and should receive a proportionate share of reserved positions (although job and educational quotas often remain unfilled). Frequent attempts have been made to extend the scope of reservation, most notably 1990 when the V. P. Singh government attempted to implement the recommendations of the Mandal Commission (1978) which would have extended reservation to 49.5 per cent of the population. The resultant political uproar brought down the government, and the clamour for special treatment amongst caste and religious groups has pervaded political debate. In the 1990s the reservation of seats in local government was extended to women, although caste-based interventions have undermined attempts to introduce legislation to secure a one-third quota for women in the Indian parliament. Reservation policy can be seen to have given opportunities to those who would otherwise have been excluded, but they have also perpetuated caste divisions, and their effectiveness in improving the social and economic position of the wider population, rather than just a ‘creamy layer’ of beneficiaries, is likely to be limited.

— Alistair McMillan/Shirin Rai

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A clause in a deed of real property whereby the grantor, one who transfers property, creates and retains for the grantor some right or interest in the estate granted, such as rent or an easement, a right of use over the land of another. A large tract of land that is withdrawn by public authority from sale or settlement and appropriated to specific public uses, such as parks or military posts. A tract of land under the control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to which an American Indian tribe retains its original title to ownership, or that has been set aside from the public domain for use by a tribe.

See: Native American rights.

(DOD) The stated qualification by a nation that describes the part of a standardization agreement that it will not implement or will implement only with limitations. See also implementation; ratification; subscription.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forbehold, betænkelighed, reservation

idioms:

• with reservation    med forbehold

Nederlands (Dutch)
terughoudendheid, voorbehoud, reservering, reservaat

Français (French)
n. - réserve, réservation, (US) réserve, (Jur) réserve conventionnelle

idioms:

• with reservation    sous réserve

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorbehalt, Bedenken, Reservierung, Reservat

idioms:

• with reservation    mit Vorbehalt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επιφύλαξη, περιορισμός, καπάρωμα, κράτηση, κλείσιμο (θέσης κ.λπ.), καταυλισμός

idioms:

• with reservation    με επιφύλαξη

Italiano (Italian)
riserbo, prenotazione, riserva

idioms:

• with reservation    con riserva

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reserva (f), ressalva (f)

idioms:

• with reservation    com restrições

Русский (Russian)
оговорка, бронирование, резервация, заповедник, (юрид.) сохранение за собой

idioms:

• with reservation    с (некоторыми) оговорками

Español (Spanish)
n. - reserva, reservación, reserva de indios

idioms:

• with reservation    con reservas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - reservation, förbehåll, reserverad plats, reservat, (kyrkl) reserverande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
保留, 预约, 预定

idioms:

• with reservation    有条件地, 有保留地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 保留, 預約, 預定

idioms:

• with reservation    有條件地, 有保留地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보류, 예약, 정부 지정 보류지

idioms:

• with reservation    조건부로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 保留, 差し控えること, 隠し立て, 遠慮, 予約, 予約席, 聖体の保存, 聖職任命権の留保, 政府指定保留

idioms:

• with reservation    条件つきで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حجز, حفظ, تحفظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הסתייגות, הזמנת מקום מראש, סידורים, שמורה, שמירה, מקום שמור‬

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