Noun

1. 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