conservancy
conservancy
nounDefinition of CONSERVANCY
the careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state <she's devoted her life to conservancy of the rain forest>
Related Words care, maintenance, upkeep; salvation, saving; defense, guardianship, guarding, keeping, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping; economy, husbandry, management
Near Antonyms dereliction, ignoring, neglect, squandering, waste; destruction, ruin; damage, harm, hurt, injury
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