Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.

(nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) Conservation (condition of being conserved).

(mathematics) The condition of being conservative

Synonym of conservation

(chiefly politics, informal, derogatory, rare) The state of being conservative, said as if it were due to a disease or affliction.

Protection of the soil against sediment loss by erosion or fertility loss due to degradation. / A combination of all soil management and land use methods that protect against degradation.

One who favors a balanced budget, preferring spending cuts or tax increases to borrowing, and wants to decrease government size, and promote a free market.

(politics) Alternative form of Conservative Party

(US, Canada) One who favors a specific set of social policies, generally including opposition to birth control, abortion rights, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and sexual permissiveness, often based on a particular reading of Christian values.

A DNA or protein sequence with a high degree of sequence identity to other sequences in that species, or in others.