Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act of keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.

Multi-Version Concordance Preservation (1 Occurrence) Acts 27:34 Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads." (See NAS)