preservation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being preserved, how something has survived.

Synonyms

conservation

protection

maintenance

keeping

storage

retention

reservation

defence

guarding

saving

upkeep

preserving

keep

safety

safe keeping

security

subsistence

sustenance

rescue

watching

safekeeping

guard

💂

reposition

rescue operation

retrieval

safeguard

antisepsis

salvage

store

support

sustentation

tanning

vigilance

warden

warder

watchman

staticize

rot-proof

mitigate corrosion

prevention of corrosion

moth balling

safeguarding

canning

care

caution

charge

conservancy

conservation area

continuation

custody

Translations

conservation

conservazione

preservación

préservation

Erhaltung

Konservierung

conservación

preservazione

preservação

behoud

conservação

Bewahrung

συντήρηση

διατήρηση

bewaring

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɛ.zɝˈveɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.