| Conservation (n.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. Thesaurus Entries attention, care, cold storage, conservancy, conservationism, control, custody, dead storage, directing, dry storage, economy, environmental conservation, forest conservation, forest management, governing, guardianship, husbandry, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, preserval, preservation, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping, salvage, salvation, saving, shelf-room, soil conservation, storage, storage space, stowage, stream conservation, supervising, supervision, support, sustentation, upkeep, warehousing, water conservation, wetlands conservation, wildlife conservation |