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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preservation |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, cherishing, conservancy, conserving, control, custody, directing, economy, governing, guardianship, guarding, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, preserval, preserving, protecting, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping, salvation, saving, stewardship, storage, supervising, supervision, sustentation, upkeep |
| Antonyms: | destruction, neglect, spending, squandering, waste |
| Main Entry: | salvation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rescue, saving |
| Synonyms: | conservancy, conservation, deliverance, emancipation, escape, exemption, extrication, keeping, liberation, lifeline, pardon, preserval, preservation, redemption, release, reprieve, restoration, safekeeping, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | endangerment, harm, hurt, injury, loss, waste |
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| Main Entry: | conservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Preservation. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
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-nouns
preservation; safe-keeping; conservation (storage); maintenance, support, susteritation, conservatism; vis conservatrix; salvation (deliverance)., [Means of preservation] prophylaxis; preserver, preservative; hygiastics, hygiantics; cover, drugget; cordon sanitaire; canning; ensilage; tinned goods, canned goods., [Superstitious remedies] snake oil, cure-all; charm.
-verbs
preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice; not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; save, rescue; be safe, make safe [more]; take care of (care); guard (defend)., stare super antiquas vias [Bacon]; hold one's own; hold one's ground, stand one's ground (resist) [more]., embalm, cure, salt, pickle, season, kyanize, bottle, pot, tin, can; sterilize, pasteurize, radiate; dry, lyophilize, freeze-dry, concentrate, evaporate; freeze, quick-freeze, deep-freeze; husband (store).
-adjectives
preserving; conservative; prophylactic; preservatory, preservative; hygienic., preserved; unimpaired, unbroken, uninjured, unhurt, unsinged, unmarred; safe, safe and sound; intact, with a whole skin.
-phrases
nolumus leges Angliae mutari.
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