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

n. The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; ; a picture in good preservation.

n. The act of preserving, or keeping safe or sound; the act of keeping from injury or decay: as, the preservation of life or of property.

n. The state of being preserved from injury or decay; escape from destruction or danger: as, a building in good preservation.

n. A means of security or escape.

n. the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

n. a process that saves organic substances from decay

n. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

n. an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

"He does it in preservation is of His rich goodness and mercy, so that we may well spend our lives in grateful praise, honoring to Him, and delightful to pious hearts (Ps 147: 1)."

condition    status    betterment    improvement    advance   

protection    saving    keeping    peace preservation acts   

security    safety   

Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization    Confederation    Corp.    Croatian    Dalmatian    Desegregation   

maintenance    restoration    welfare    advancement    survival    conservation    continuance    prosperity    destruction    improvement