preservation

Preservation is the act of maintaining, protecting or keeping something in existence.

(noun)

  1. An example of preservation is a land trust protecting a forest.
  2. An example of preservation is a jar of canned tomatoes.

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See preservation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a preserving or being preserved

Origin: ME < MFr < ML praeservatio

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