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| Main Entry: |
preservation
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance, protection |
| Synonyms: | canning, care, conservancy, conservation, curing, defense, evaporation, freezing, guard, guardianship, keeping, perpetuation, pickling, preserval, refrigeration, safeguard, safeguarding, safekeeping, safety, salvation, saving, security, shield, storage, support, sustentation, tanning, upholding, ward |
| Antonyms: | destruction, ruin |
| Main Entry: | protect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take care of; guard from harm |
| Synonyms: | assure, bulwark, care for, champion, chaperon, conserve, cover, cover all bases, cover up, cushion, defend, fend, foster, give refuge, give sanctuary, go to bat for, harbor, hedge, insulate, keep, keep safe, look after, preserve, ride shotgun for, safeguard, save, screen, secure, sentinel, shade, shelter, shield, shotgun, stand guard, stonewall, support, take under wing, watch, watch over |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, self-defense, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refuge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, have privacy |
| Synonyms: | ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, safe place, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap, stronghold, way out |
| Main Entry: | resistance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighting, opposition |
| Synonyms: | battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, impedance, impediment, impeding, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, warding off, watch, withstanding |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conforming, cooperation, submission |
| Main Entry: | safeguard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, convoy, defense, escort, guard, screen, security, shield, surety, ward |
| Antonyms: | endangerment, harm, hurt, injury |
| Main Entry: | safeguard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect |
| Synonyms: | assure, bulwark, conserve, cover, defend, ensure, fend, guard, insure, look after, preserve, ride shotgun, save, screen, secure, shield, watch over |
| Antonyms: | endanger, harm, hurt, injure, lay open |
| Main Entry: | sanctuary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, be safe |
| Synonyms: | asylum, church, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, hole-up, ivory tower, oasis, port, protection, refuge, resort, retreat, safe house, screen, shelter, shield |
| Main Entry: | save |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guard, protect |
| Synonyms: | conserve, defend, keep safe, keep up, look after, maintain, preserve, safeguard, screen, shield, sustain, take care of |
| Antonyms: | endanger, leave open, make vulnerable |
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