preservation

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

conservation saving conservancy care protection defense keeping maintenance custody retention guardianship perpetuation upkeep safekeeping preserving
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Antonyms

amendment death end loss butchery decimation
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Hypernyms

condition protection advance improvement betterment status

Hyponyms

conservation reservation refrigeration fixing fixation self-preservation

Phrases with the word

joint preservation cryogenic preservation self-preservation is the first law of nature preservation of life preservation instinct for self preservation

Examples

In wilderness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future. Dian Fossey

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. Thomas Carlyle

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. Benjamin Disraeli

They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence. They have come a long way, those replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines. Richard Dawkins

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. John Locke

Close letter words and terms

preservability preservable preserval preservation instinct preservation of life preservational