RESERVATION

noun Date: 15th century an act of reserving something: as, a. the act or fact of a grantor's reserving some newly created thing out of the thing granted, the right or interest so reserved, the setting of limiting conditions or withholding from complete exposition , an arrangement to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's use, 2. a limiting condition , doubt , misgiving , something reserved: as, a tract of public land set aside (as for use by American Indians), an area in which hunting is not permitted, ~ist noun