'Preservation' definitions:
Definition of 'preservation'
From: WordNet
noun
The activity of protecting something from loss or danger [syn: preservation, saving]
noun
The condition of being (well or ill) preserved
noun
A process that saves organic substances from decay
noun
An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change [syn: conservation, preservation]
Definition of 'Preservation'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Give us particulars of thy preservation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preservation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bottling up,
- care,
- cold storage,
- conservancy,
- conservation,
- continuation,
- corking up,
- cover,
- creation,
- custody,
- dead storage,
- defense,
- dispensation,
- dry storage,
- eternal re-creation,
- eternal return,
- eternalization,
- eye,
- guard,
- guardianship,
- holding,
- holding in,
- immortalization,
- inhibition,
- keeping,
- lee,
- locking in,
- maintenance,
- perpetuating,
- perpetuation,
- prehension,
- preserval,
- protecting,
- protection,
- protective custody,
- providence,
- refuge,
- repression,
- retaining,
- retainment,
- retention,
- retentiveness,
- retentivity,
- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safekeeping,
- safety,
- salvation,
- saving,
- security,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shelf-room,
- shelter,
- shield,
- steady-state universe,
- storage,
- storage space,
- stowage,
- suppression,
- sustentation,
- tenacity,
- upkeep,
- visitations of providence,
- ward,
- warehousing,
- watchful eye