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Definition of: survival
(sər·vī′vəl) noun
1. The act of surviving; an outliving.
2. Something surviving.
3. Sociol. The persistence in a society of customs and beliefs originating under circumstances not fully understood or no longer valid.
4. One who or that which lives longer than others. Also Archaic sur·viv′ance.
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