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Definition of RESERVATION

1

a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something <despite my reservations, we hired the young teen as a babysitter>

Synonyms distrust, distrustfulness, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, query, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty

Related Words disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; anxiety, concern, paranoia, wariness; compunction, niggle [chiefly British], qualm, scruple, tremor

Near Antonyms credence, faith

Antonyms assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust

2

something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends <gave us his approval without any reservations>

Synonyms contingency, if, provision, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation

Related Words strings, terms; precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite; limitation, modification, restriction; exception, exemption; demand, essential, must, necessity, need