preservation

preservation
n
1. maintenance, upkeep, support, sustenance, continuance, upholding; perpetuation, immortalization, eternalization, eternization; continuation, extension, prolongation, lengthening; conservation, reservation, keeping.
2. salvation, saving, sheltering, safekeeping, safeguarding; protection, defense, guarding; storage, custody, watch.
3. retention, keeping, holding, hold, grip, grasp.
4. drying, dehydration, desiccation, dry storage, jerking; curing, corning, smoking, fuming, salting, brining, seasoning; pickling, kippering, marination; refrigeration, freezing, icing, cold storage, quick-freezing, deep-freezing, freeze-drying; canning, Brit. tinning, bottling, jarring; embalming, mummification, stuffing, taxidermy.

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