preservation
/ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/ nom B1En français : préservation
- 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.
Pluriel preservations
Dans la bibliothèque
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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