reservation.

1. An area of land designated for a particular community, group, or use under a specified political or administrative system.

2. An arrangement setting aside a place, service, or accommodation in advance.

3. A doubt, objection, or qualification limiting full agreement.

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Words that belong together

• an Indigenous reservation
• a military reservation

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The military reservation began where the old public road ended.

She consulted the community’s own account of the Indigenous reservation’s boundaries.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular reservation; plural reservations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.