- preservation, saving - the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
--1 is a kind of protection
--1 has particulars:environmentalism; conservation; self-preservation; reservation; immobilization, immobilisation Derived forms: verb preserve5, verb preserve2 - preservation - the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
--2 is a kind of condition, status
Derived form: verb preserve1 - preservation - a process that saves organic substances from decay
--3 is a kind of process
--3 has particulars:fixation, fixing; embalmment; plastination; refrigeration, infrigidation - conservation, preservation - an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
--4 is a kind of improvement, betterment, advance
- conservation, preservation - an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change