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conservation

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Entry Word: conservation
Function: noun
Meaning: 1 the careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state <everyone has a duty to aid in the conservation of our nationʼs wilderness areas>
Synonyms preservation
Related Words care, maintenance, upkeep; salvation, saving; guardianship, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping; economy, husbandry, management
Near Antonyms neglect, squandering, waste; destruction, ruin; damage, injury
2 the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition <the conservation of the nationʼs monuments and memorials> — see maintenance

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