Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preservation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preservation \Pres`er*va"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]servation.]
The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state
of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or
decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit,
game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
Give us particulars of thy preservation. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preservation
n 1: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
[syn: {saving}]
2: an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or
injury or other change [syn: {conservation}]
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