preservation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   Every seneseless thing by nature's light Doth preservation seek, destruction shun

2. 2
   noun

   The state of being preserved, how something has survived.

   The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.

3. 3
   noun

   the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

4. 4
   noun

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

5. 5
   noun

   a process that saves organic substances from decay

6. 6
   noun

   the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

Etymology

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.