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Saving   /sˈeɪvɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Save  v. t.  (past & past part. saved; pres. part. saving)  
1.
To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. "God save all this fair company." "He cried, saying, Lord, save me." "Thou hast... quitted all to save A world from utter loss."
2.
(Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life. "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners."
3.
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. "Now save a nation, and now save a groat."
4.
To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. "I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done."
5.
To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. "Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?"
6.
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. "Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit."
To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.
Synonyms: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.


Save  v. i.  To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. "Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material."


noun
Saving  n.  
1.
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
2.
Exception; reservation. "Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty."
Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.


adjective
Saving  adj.  
1.
Preserving; rescuing. "He is the saving strength of his anointed."
2.
Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
3.
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.
4.
Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause. Note: Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.


preposition
Saving  prep., conj.  With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. "Saving your reverence." "Saving your presence." "None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing." "And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."





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"Saving" Quotes from Famous Books



... while acting as regent. The chancellor, who was a humane man, reconciled it to his conscience by a popular opinion that one negro could perform, without detriment to his health, the labor of several Indians, and that therefore it was a great saving of human suffering. So easy is it for interest to wrap itself up in plausible argument! He might, moreover, have thought the welfare of the Africans but little affected by the change. They were accustomed to slavery in their own country, and they were ...
— The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II) • Washington Irving
... corresponded, and Lady Neville easily induced Mrs. Gaunt to co-operate with her in her benevolent acts, especially in saving young women, who had been betrayed, ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 • Various
... of the frost, presented an unequal surface; the sledge was often nearly turned over, but they succeeded in saving it. ...
— The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras • Jules Verne
... cutter, got into her, and inhumanly pushed off for the shore. The empty Jolly boat was turned adrift in full view of the unhappy people on board, the master turning a deaf ear to the solicitations of Captain Kennedy, who begged him to pull in toward the stern, in order to discuss some means of saving ...
— Glimpses of the Past - History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 • W. O. Raymond
... because the events of the last few days had convinced him that the only hope of saving the situation—saving it, that is, from the Afrikander nationalist point of view—lay in prompt and energetic action on his part. On June 23rd Mr. Schreiner had been informed by the High Commissioner of the intention of the Home Government to "complete" ...
— Lord Milner's Work in South Africa - From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 • W. Basil Worsfold


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