1. • noun - formality and propriety of manner
   • noun - something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
   • noun - an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
   • noun - (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
   • noun - a district that is reserved for particular purpose
   • noun - armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
   • noun - the trait of being uncommunicative
   • verb - hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
   • verb - give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
   • verb - obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
   • verb - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
2. • To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.
   • To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use.
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   • Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.
   • The act of reserving.
   • The keeping of one’s feelings, thoughts, or affairs to oneself.
   • Self-restraint in expression; reticence: “One feels it everywhere, a quality of reserve, something held back” (Rollene W.
   • Lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution.
   • An amount of capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands.
   • A reservation of public land: a forest reserve.
   • An amount of a mineral, fossil fuel, or other resource known to exist in a particular location and to be exploitable: the discovery of large oil reserves.
   • Often reserves.
   • A fighting force kept uncommitted until strategic need arises.
   • Held in or forming a reserve: a reserve supply of food.
3. • v - to keep back for future use

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