preservation (n.)

• care
• conservancy
• conservation
• continuation
• cover
• creation
• custody
• defense
• dispensation
• eye
• guard
• guardianship
• holding
• inhibition
• keeping
• lee
• maintenance
• perpetuation
• prehension
• protection
• providence
• refuge
• repression
• retention
• retentiveness
• retentivity
• safeguard
• safekeeping
• safety
• salvation
• saving
• security
• shade
• shadow
• shelter
• shield
• storage
• stowage
• suppression
• sustentation
• tenacity
• upkeep
• ward
• warehousing