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Synonyms for reservation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rez-er-vey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən

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Définition of reservation

Origin :
  • late 14c., "act of reserving," from Old French reservation (14c.) and directly from Late Latin reservationem (nominative reservatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reservare (see reserve (n.)). Mental sense is from c.1600. U.S. sense "tract of public land set aside for some special use" is recorded from 1789, originally in reference to the Six Nations in New York State. Meaning "act or fact of engaging a room, a seat, etc." is from 1904, originally American English.
  • noun condition, stipulation
  • noun the act of holding something, or thing held for future use
  • noun habitat for large group
Example sentences :
  • He arose, and told his tale without duplicity or reservation.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The story that suicide is wrong and immoral is, like other things, to be taken with reservation.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • And he's eat everything that's chewable on the reservation already.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • This was another statement Harley had accepted with a good deal of reservation.
  • Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
  • There was not a single prisoner brought back to the reservation.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • And so late in 1872 Cochise and his people came back to the reservation.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • There had been no reservation in her declaration of affection.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • “We are still on the Delaware Indian reservation,” replied his uncle.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks
  • Of course it is meant without any reservation, and so I take it.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • He has the whole of the breeds on the reservation under his thumb.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

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