reservation
noun [C usually plural, U] (DOUBT) /ˌrez.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
/-ɚ-/ Definition
C2 a doubt or feeling of not being able to agree with or accept something completely: Workers and employees shared deep reservations about the wisdom of the government's plans for the industry. He accepted my advice without reservation.Suspecting and questioningQuestioning people and asking questions in generalCuriosity
(Definition of reservation noun (DOUBT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- call into question idiom
- challenge noun (QUESTION)
- challenge verb (DOUBT)
- challenge verb (STOP)
- cynic noun
- cynical adjective
- dispute noun
- dispute verb
- doubter noun
- doubting Thomas noun
- I'd like to see... idiom
- misgiving noun
- niggle noun (WORRY)
- query noun
- query verb
- sceptical adjective
- skeptic noun
- smell a rat idiom
- suspect verb (DOUBT)
- suspiciously adverb (DOUBT)
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