To keep back; keep in store for future or other use; preserve; withhold from present use for another purpose; keep back for a time: as, a reserved seat.
To preserve; keep safe; guard.
To make an exception of; except, as from the conditions of an agreement.
Synonyms Reserve, Retain, etc. See keep.
In ecclesiastical, to retain or preserve (a portion of the consecrated elements) for certain purposes.
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In postal service, a fixed amount of cash retained at a money-order station to meet orders payable at that station.
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The act of reserving or keeping back.
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That which is reserved or kept for other or future use; that which is retained from present use or disposal.
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Something in the mind withheld from disclosure; a reservation.
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Self-imposed restraint of freedom in words or actions; the habit of keeping back or restraining the feelings; a certain closeness or coldness toward others; caution in personal behavior.
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An exception; something excepted.
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In law, reservation.
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In banking, that part of capital which is retained in order to meet average liabilities, and is therefore not employed in discounts or temporary loans. See bank, 4.
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Milit.:
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The body of troops, in an army drawn up for battle, reserved to sustain the other lines as occasion may require; a body of troops kept for an exigency.
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That part of the fighting force of a country which is in general held back, and upon which its defense is thrown when its regular forces are seriously weakened or defeated: as, the naval reserve.
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A magazine of warlike stores situated between an army and its base of operations.
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In theology, the system according to which only that part of the truth is set before the people which they are regarded as able to comprehend or to receive with benefit: known also as economy. Compare discipline of the secret, under discipline.
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In calico-printing and other processes, same as resist, 2.
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Same as reservation, 3.
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Synonyms Retention.
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Restraint, distance.