Tending to resist change or innovation.
Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
Relating to the Conservative Party.
Cautious, moderate.
Relating to Conservative Judaism.
A social conservative.
A fiscal conservative.
One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
Of a person or entity, having ceased to be reputable and having instead become delinquent, criminal, or poorly behaved.
Of a region or area, having become unsafe.
Of a delinquent or criminal act, having unexpectedly become more violent than is typical for that act—having resulted in an attack on a victim leading to serious injury or death.
Of foods and commodities, having become spoiled, rotten, or otherwise unusable due to age or storage conditions.