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conservation
The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water.
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  1. The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water.
  2. The official care, protection, or management of natural resources
  3. The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural environments and the ecological communities that inhabit them. Conservation is generally held to include the management of human use of natural resources for current public benefit and sustainable social and economic utilization.
security
Measures adopted, as by a business or homeowner, to prevent a crime such as burglary or assault:
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  1. Measures adopted, as by a business or homeowner, to prevent a crime such as burglary or assault:
  2. Safety; the condition of being protected against harm.
  3. Procedures to provide such protection or defense
safety
A device designed to prevent accidents, as a lock on a firearm preventing accidental firing.
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  1. A device designed to prevent accidents, as a lock on a firearm preventing accidental firing.
  2. A catch or locking device on a firearm that prevents it from firing
  3. The quality or condition of being safe; freedom from danger, injury, or damage; security
protection
Payment made by racketeers to officials or law enforcement to avoid arrest or prosecution.
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  1. Payment made by racketeers to officials or law enforcement to avoid arrest or prosecution.
  2. Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.
  3. One that protects:
conservation
The official care, protection, or management of natural resources
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  1. The official care, protection, or management of natural resources
  2. The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water.
  3. The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural environments and the ecological communities that inhabit them. Conservation is generally held to include the management of human use of natural resources for current public benefit and sustainable social and economic utilization.
maintenance
(Law) The act of interfering unlawfully in a suit between others by helping either party, as by giving money, to carry it on
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  1. (Law) The act of interfering unlawfully in a suit between others by helping either party, as by giving money, to carry it on
  2. A maintaining or being maintained; upkeep, support, defense, etc.; specif., the work of keeping a building, machinery, etc. in good repair
  3. Means of support or sustenance; livelihood
saving
Any reduction in expense, time, labor, etc.
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  1. Any reduction in expense, time, labor, etc.
  2. (--- Usage Problem) An amount of money saved:
  3. A reduction in expenditure or cost.
keeping
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
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  1. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
  2. Reservation for future use; preservation
  3. The act of holding, guarding, maintaining, or supporting:
upkeep
The cost of such maintenance.
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  1. The cost of such maintenance.
  2. The act of keeping up buildings, equipment, etc.; maintenance
  3. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
storage
The cost of keeping goods stored
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  1. The cost of keeping goods stored
  2. The charging or regenerating of a storage battery.
  3. (Computers) The part of a computer that stores information for subsequent use or retrieval.
curing
The act by which something is cured.
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  1. The act by which something is cured.
tanning
The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
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  1. The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
  2. The art or process of making leather from hides
  3. The act of making fair skin brown, as by exposure to the sun
freezing
(Countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.
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  1. (Countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.
  2. (Uncountable, physics, chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
sugaring
The action of the verb to sugar.
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  1. The action of the verb to sugar.
  2. The process of making or processing of sugar or related products.
pickling
An instance of processing something in brine or other solution.
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  1. An instance of processing something in brine or other solution.
evaporation
The change of a liquid into a vapor at a temperature below the boiling point. Evaporation takes place at the surface of a liquid, where molecules with the highest kinetic energy are able to escape. When this happens, the average kinetic energy of the liquid is lowered, and its temperature decreases.
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  1. The change of a liquid into a vapor at a temperature below the boiling point. Evaporation takes place at the surface of a liquid, where molecules with the highest kinetic energy are able to escape. When this happens, the average kinetic energy of the liquid is lowered, and its temperature decreases.
canning
A village in Nova Scotia
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  1. A village in Nova Scotia
  2. The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a sealed jar or can).
  3. The act, process, or work of putting foods in cans or jars for preservation
refrigeration
The process of preserving something by cooling.
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  1. The process of preserving something by cooling.
  2. (Medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.
  3. The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
conservancy
(Brit.) A commission authorized to supervise a forest, river, or port
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  1. (Brit.) A commission authorized to supervise a forest, river, or port
  2. (--- Chiefly British) A commission supervising fisheries and navigation.
  3. Conservation, especially of natural resources.
husbandry
(Archaic) Management of domestic affairs, resources, etc.
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  1. (Archaic) Management of domestic affairs, resources, etc.
  2. The prudent management or conservation of resources
  3. Careful, thrifty management; thrift; frugality
management
(Management) The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
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  1. (Management) The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
  2. The act, manner, or practice of managing; handling, supervision, or control:
  3. (Uncountable, management) Administration; the process or practice of managing.
defense
A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
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  1. A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
  2. Something that defends; means of or resources for protection
  3. Justification or support by speech or writing; vindication
guard
Something that gives protection; a safeguard:
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  1. Something that gives protection; a safeguard:
  2. The act or duty of guarding; careful watch; wariness; defense; protection
  3. Protection; watch:
protection
Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.
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  1. Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.
  2. Payment made by racketeers to officials or law enforcement to avoid arrest or prosecution.
  3. One that protects:
protector
The title held by Oliver Cromwell (1653-58) and his son Richard (1658-59), during the British Protectorate
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  1. The title held by Oliver Cromwell (1653-58) and his son Richard (1658-59), during the British Protectorate
  2. One who protects; a guardian.
  3. A device that protects; a guard.
safeguard
A protective stipulation, as in a contract.
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  1. A protective stipulation, as in a contract.
  2. (--- Now Rare) A convoy or guard
  3. Something that provides protection against attack, loss, or injury, as:
security
Measures adopted to prevent escape:
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  1. Measures adopted to prevent escape:
  2. Procedures to provide such protection or defense
  3. Protection or defense against escape
shield
Any material or structure used for protection against radiation
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  1. Any material or structure used for protection against radiation
  2. A person or thing that provides protection.
  3. A heavy metal screen attached to an artillery piece for the protection of the gunners
ward
A person for whom a guardian has legal responsibility, or one over whose property a guardian has responsibility. Title to legal property remains with the ward, although he or she may not enter into any contracts involving same.
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  1. A person for whom a guardian has legal responsibility, or one over whose property a guardian has responsibility. Title to legal property remains with the ward, although he or she may not enter into any contracts involving same.
  2. Any person under another's protection or care
  3. A means of defense or protection
Find another word for preservation. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for preservation, like: conservation, security, safety, protection, conservation, maintenance, saving, keeping, upkeep, storage and curing.

Sentence Examples

  • The customs necessary for the preservation of the forests must remain in force.

  • Other remains which bear witness to tlae civilization of, the Mayas are the paved highways and the artificial reservoirs (aguadas) designed for the preservation of water for towns through the long dry season.

  • It is kept covered, for purposes of preservation, by a layer of earth.

  • The auditorium is in remarkable preservation, almost every seat being still in situ, except a few where the supporting walls have given way on the wings.

  • The preservation of game is now enforced.

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