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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 |
| 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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