reservation English · revision 15168

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1380|origins=la servō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌrez.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, US /ˌrez.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|reservacioun]], [[bor|frm|reservation]] and directly [[la-lat|reservātiō]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from the past participle stem of [[la|reservō|t=to keep back, save up]] (see [[reserve]]), from [[m|la|re-|t=back]] and [[m|la|servō|t=to keep, save, protect]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[ine-pro|*ser-|t=to protect]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In church use, the reserving of something as a tithe: about 1380.^(OED 1989) Etymonline gives the act of reserving or keeping back, late 14th century,^(Etymonline) and the NODE the Pope's right to nominate to a benefice.^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In law, the keeping of some right for oneself is from 1487,^(OED 1989) and reserving a right or power in general from 1605.^(OED 1989) A mental reservation, a qualification not openly expressed, is from about 1600.^(Etymonline) In the United States a tract of public land set aside for a special use, especially for Native peoples, is from 1789, of the Six Nations in New York State.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The booking of a room or seat is from 1904 in Etymonline, 1906 in the OED, also first in American English.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Exemption from military service for an important civilian job is from 1916.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1380 – reserving as a tithe.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1487 – a right reserved (law).^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1600 – mental reservation.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1789 – a tract of land (US).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1904 – booking a room or seat.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1916 – exemption from military service.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of reserving; a keeping back or withholding.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An arrangement by which a room, seat or table is kept for someone; a [[booking]].^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

+ # A limiting qualification or doubt, often in the plural: ''to have reservations''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A tract of land set apart, especially in the United States for [[Native American]] peoples.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(law)'' A right or interest kept back in a grant.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reservationist]]

+ * [[nonreservation]]

+ * [[mental reservation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[reserve]]

+ * [[conserve]]

+ * [[preserve]]

+ * [[observe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}