preservation

preservation
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Act of keeping alive or in good condition
Nouns
1. preservation, conservation, safekeeping (see safety); maintenance, support; economy. See retention.
2. (methods of preservation) embalming; curing, pickling, salting, smoking, canning; dehydration; tanning; refrigeration, freezing, quick-freezing, freeze-drying.
3. (preservative substance) preserver, conserver, preservative; brine, salt, formaldehyde, embalming fluid; lifesaver; reserve, reservation, park, preserve, sanctuary.
4. (preserved food) conserve, preserve, jelly, jam, marmalade. See food.
Verbs
1. preserve, maintain, retain, keep, sustain, support; keep up, keep alive; bank up, nurse; save, rescue; make safe, take care of; guard, defend (see defense).
2. conserve; dry, cure, salt, pickle, corn, smoke; dehydrate, quick-freeze, freeze-dry; bottle, pot, tin, putting up, can; tan; husband; embalm, mummify; immortalize; lay by.
Adjectives — preserving, putting up; preservative; hygienic; preserved, unimpaired, unsinged, unmarred, unspoiled, safe and sound; intact, unscathed, with a whole skin.
Quotations — In wildness is the preservation of the world (Henry David Thoreau), Endure, and preserve yourselves for better things (Virgil).
Antonyms, see waste, deterioration.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. security, safety, protection, conservation, maintenance, saving, keeping, upkeep, storage, curing, tanning, freezing, sugaring, pickling, evaporation, canning, refrigeration.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
conservation, maintenance, protection, conservancy, safekeeping, saving, sustenance, upkeep, perpetuation.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The careful guarding of an asset: conservancy, conservation, husbandry, management. See KEEP. 2. The act or a means of defending: defense, guard, protection, protector, safeguard, security, shield, ward. See ATTACK.

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