Cŏn'ser-vā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. conservatio, Fr. conservation, Pr. conservacio, It. conservazione.] The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping of a thing in a safe or entire state; preservation.

A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism. Hallam.

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Burke.