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preservation
 
Noun preservation has 4 senses
  1. preservation, saving - the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
    --1 is a kind of protection
    --1 has particulars:
     environmentalism; conservation; self-preservation; reservation; immobilization, immobilisation
    Derived forms: verb preserve5, verb preserve2
  2. preservation - the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
    --2 is a kind of     condition, status
    Derived form: verb preserve1
  3. preservation - a process that saves organic substances from decay
    --3 is a kind of     process
    --3 has particulars:
     fixation, fixing; embalmment; plastination; refrigeration, infrigidation
  4. conservation, preservation - an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
    --4 is a kind of improvement, betterment, advance
presentness presentperfect presents preservable preservance preservarance preservarence preservation, preservation preservationist preservative preservative thimerosal preservatives preservatues preserve preserveance preserved

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