Associations to the word «Preservation»

Wiktionary

PRESERVATION, noun. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.

Dictionary definition

PRESERVATION, noun. The activity of protecting something from loss or danger.
PRESERVATION, noun. The condition of being (well or ill) preserved.
PRESERVATION, noun. A process that saves organic substances from decay.
PRESERVATION, noun. An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke