preservation

(noun)

noun

1. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

Similar word(s): saving

Definition categories: act, protection

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

Definition categories: state, condition, status

3. a process that saves organic substances from decay

Definition categories: process

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

Similar word(s): conservation

Definition categories: event, advance, betterment, improvement