Preservation
WordNet
noun
(1) The activity of protecting something from loss or danger
(2) An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
(3) A process that saves organic substances from decay
(4) The condition of being (well or ill) preserved
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
Quotations
- Nature does not require
- Her times of preservation, which, perforce
- I give my tendence to
— William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling. — Ecclesiastes. xxxiv. 16
- Every seneseless thing by nature's light
- Doth preservation seek, destruction shun
— Sir John Davies
Our allwise maker has put into man the uneasiness of hunger, thirst and other natural desires, to determine their wills for the preservation of themselves, and the continuation of their species. — John Locke