'Saving' definitions:
Definition of 'saving'
From: WordNet
adjective
Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)]
adjective
Characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
noun
An act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents" [syn: economy, saving]
noun
Recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving]
noun
The activity of protecting something from loss or danger [syn: preservation, saving]
Definition of 'Saving'
From: GCIDE
- Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n. Saving.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- God save all this fair company. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv. 30. [1913 Webster]
- Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. --1 Tim. i. 15. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. [1913 Webster]
- Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. [1913 Webster]
- I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. [1913 Webster]
- Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. [1913 Webster]
- Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Saving'
From: GCIDE
- Saving \Sav"ing\, a.
- 1. Preserving; rescuing. [1913 Webster]
- He is the saving strength of his anointed. --Ps. xxviii. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Saving'
From: GCIDE
- Saving \Sav"ing\ (s[=a]v"[i^]ng), prep. or conj.; but properly a participle. With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. "Saving your reverence." --Shak. "Saving your presence." --Burns. [1913 Webster]
- None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. --Neh. iv. 23. [1913 Webster]
- And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. --Rev. ii. 17. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Saving'
From: GCIDE
- Saving \Sav"ing\, n.
- 1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Exception; reservation. [1913 Webster]
- Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'saving'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aside from,
- bar,
- barring,
- beside,
- besides,
- but,
- cache,
- canny,
- careful,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- compensating,
- compensatory,
- conservancy,
- conservation,
- conservational,
- conservationism,
- conservationist,
- conservative,
- conservatory,
- conserving,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- curtailment,
- cutback,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- economic,
- economical,
- economization,
- economizing,
- economy,
- environmental conservation,
- ex,
- except,
- except for,
- excepting,
- excluding,
- exclusive of,
- excusing the liberty,
- extenuating,
- extenuatory,
- extrication,
- forehanded,
- forest conservation,
- forest management,
- freeing,
- frugal,
- frugality,
- hoard,
- in deference to,
- keeping,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out,
- let alone,
- liberation,
- lifesaving,
- low growth rate,
- maintenance,
- money-saving,
- nest egg,
- omitting,
- outside of,
- parsimonious,
- penny-wise,
- precluding,
- preserval,
- preservation,
- preservative,
- preservatory,
- preserving,
- protection,
- protective,
- providence,
- provident,
- prudence,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- qualifying,
- ransom,
- recovery,
- redeeming,
- redemption,
- redemptional,
- redemptive,
- reduction of expenses,
- reduction of spending,
- release,
- rescue,
- reserve,
- resources,
- retrenchment,
- retrieval,
- safekeeping,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- save,
- save and except,
- saving your reverence,
- savings,
- Scotch,
- scraping,
- scrimping,
- skimping,
- slowdown,
- soil conservation,
- spare,
- sparing,
- sparingness,
- stream conservation,
- support,
- than,
- thrift,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- unless,
- unwasteful,
- upkeep,
- wary,
- water conservation,
- wetlands conservation,
- wildlife conservation,
- with all respect,
- with due respect,
- without
Words containing 'Saving'
- Save,
- Saved,
- Savely,
- Savingly,
- save up,
- savings,
- Save your reverence,
- Save-all,
- Saving your reverence,
- Savings bank,
- To save appearances,
- daylight saving,
- daylight savings,
- face saving,
- labor saving,
- life savings,
- money saving,
- saving clause,
- saving grace,
- savings account,
- savings and loan,
- savings bond,
- time saving,
- Labor-saving,
- Life-saving,
- To save one's bacon,
- employee savings plan,
- face-saving,
- federal savings bank,
- mutual savings bank,
- passbook savings account,
- retirement savings account,
- retirement savings plan,
- savings account trust,
- savings and loan association,
- savings bank trust,
- daylight-saving time,
- daylight-savings time