Noun
- 1. conservation, preservation, improvement, betterment, advance
- usage: an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
- 2. conservation, preservation, saving
- usage: the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
- 3. conservation, principle
- usage: (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
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