preservation

Meanings

Plural: preservations

Noun

• the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
• the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
• a process that saves organic substances from decay
• an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
• The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
• The state of being preserved, how something has survived.

Synonyms

conservation, saving