Reservation

From Middle French reservation.

Full definition of reservation

(plural reservations)

The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
Something that is withheld or kept back.
A limiting qualification (often used in the plural).I have reservations about your intentions.
(US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
(UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway.
(India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).