conservation

nounattested in dialogue

//ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən//

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

noun

1
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
2
Wise use of natural resources.
“My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …”
3
The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
4
Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
5
The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
6
lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)

Etymology

From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.

Forms

plural: conservations

consent · To express willingness, to give permission.consequence · An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.consequences · An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a…

conservation · The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

conservative · A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.Conservative · A member of a political party incorporating the word…conservatory · Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

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