| Pronunciation: | | `prezur'veyshun
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| Matching Terms: | | preservation potential
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- [n] the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
- [n] an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
- [n] the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
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| | Synonyms: | | conservation, saving |
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| | See Also: | | advance, betterment, condition, conservation, embalmment, fixation, fixing, improvement, protection, reservation, self-preservation, status |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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