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preservation |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: preservation n 1: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger [syn: {preserving}, {saving}] 2: an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change [syn: {conservation}]
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