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A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
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Cautious, moderate.
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Tending to resist change or innovation.
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Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.
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(US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
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(British, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
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(physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
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Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
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(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
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(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
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(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
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(linguistics) Having few changes relative to an older form, especially in comparison to related varieties.
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(calculus, of field) That is the gradient of a function.