preservation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
    saving.
  2. noun the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
  3. noun a process that saves organic substances from decay
  4. noun an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
    conservation.

WordNet

Pres`er*va"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. préservation.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
    Give us particulars of thy preservation. Shak.

Webster 1913