RESERVE

Definitions

1. 1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak.
2. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. xxvii. 35. Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. Swift.
3. 3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]