Conservation and Wastage

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Conservation noun - The careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state.

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Wastage is an antonym for conservation.

Wastage noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

Usage example: the slash-and-burn wastage of the surrounding countryside as the army made its way to the sea

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Conservation is an antonym for wastage.

Nearby Words: waste, wasted, wasting, wasteful

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Wastage and Conservation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conservation/wastage

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