Conservation synonyms

kŏn'sûr-vā'shən

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protection
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
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preservation
A preserving or being preserved
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managing
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keeping
Reservation for future use; preservation
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maintenance
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
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ecology (related)
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custody (related)
Any significant restraint or control over a person’s freedom to ensure his or her presence at a hearing or trial in a criminal action.
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neglect (antonym)
The act or an instance of neglecting something:
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economy
Effective management of the resources of a community or system.
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care
A cause of such a mental state
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environmental-conservation (related)
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bio-diversity (related)
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environmental (related)
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ecological (related)
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guarding
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storage
The charging or regenerating of a storage battery.
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saving
A reduction in expenditure or cost.
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safekeeping
A keeping or being kept in safety; protection or custody
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upkeep
Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
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husbandry
The act or practice of cultivating crops and breeding and raising livestock; agriculture.
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keeping in trust
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keeping in a safe state
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environmentalism
The theory that environment rather than heredity is the primary influence on intellectual growth and cultural development.
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waste (antonym)
A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
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destruction (antonym)
Destruction is defined as the tearing down or dismantling or killing of something.
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misuse (antonym)
(Obs.) Bad or harsh treatment
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spending (antonym)
An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent
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squandering (antonym)
The act by which something is squandered; wastage.
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conservancy
An organization dedicated to the protection of natural resources, historical buildings, etc.
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management
(Uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.
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keep (related)
What is needed to maintain a person or animal; food and shelter; support; livelihood
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conservationism
A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources
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biodiversity (related)
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wildlife-conservation (related)
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forestry (related)
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wildlife (related)
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land management (related)
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wetland (related)
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marine (related)
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planned management
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sustentation
Sustenance or maintenance, as with money.
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Conservation Sentence Examples

  • The conservation policy saved the animals that were at risk.

  • Newton had divined the principle of the conservation of energy, so far as it belongs purely to mechanics.

  • From the earliest times the conservation of water has been one of the serious cares of the Arabs.

  • The beginnings of modern thermochemistry, though made independently of the doctrine of the conservation of energy, are practically contemporaneous with the recognition of that law, and without it the science could scarcely have reached the degree of development which it rapidly attained.

  • It was long believed that work done against such forces was lost, and it was not till the r9th century that the energy thus transformed was traced; the conservation of energy has become the master-key to unlock the connexions in inanimate nature.

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