Preservation

//ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill. countable, uncountable

    "Every seneseless thing by nature's light Doth preservation seek, destruction shun"

  2. 2
    the activity of protecting something from loss or danger wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being preserved, how something has survived. countable, uncountable

    "The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation."

  4. 4
    an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change wordnet
  5. 5
    a process that saves organic substances from decay wordnet
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  1. 6
    the condition of being (well or ill) preserved wordnet

Synonyms

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conservationbottling upcarecold storageconservancyconservation

Example

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"The third is the preservation of environment. In this case, the conservation of energy and resources is needed."

Etymology

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.

Related phrases

self-preservation

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