preservation
/ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/ noun B1- The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
- The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
Plural preservations
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May God accept my atonement in the preservation of these two existences!”
His first astounding act upon coming amongst us was to present a pair of horses, worth 32,000 francs, to Madame Danglars; his second, the almost miraculous preservation of Madame de Villefort’s life; now it seems that he has carried off the prize awarded by the Jockey Club.
And if I do not possess that talent, which your smiles prove to me you doubt, should I not still have that ardent love of independence, which will be a substitute for wealth, and which in my mind supersedes even the instinct of self-preservation?
“And yet the murder, if you choose to call it so, would be simply a measure of self-preservation.”
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