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Reservation

The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.

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Broader term 13

Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Doubt 76% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

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Doubtfulness 76% connected

State of being doubtful.

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Dubiety 76% connected

Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.

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Dubiousness 76% connected

State of being dubious.

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Employment 76% connected

The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

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Engagement 76% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

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Incertitude 76% connected

Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.

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Preservation 76% connected

The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, pr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Saving 76% connected

of Save

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Uncertainty 76% connected

The quality or state of being uncertain.

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Understanding 76% connected

of Understand

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Narrower term 1

Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Derivationally related 6

Book 74% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Book 74% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Qualify 74% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Qualify 74% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reserve 74% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Reserve 74% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Synonym 3

Booking 92% connected

of Book

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Qualification 92% connected

The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reserve 92% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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