Hypertext Webster Gateway: "saving"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

God save all this fair company. --Chaucer.

He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv.
30.

Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from
utter loss. --Milton.

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.
--1 Tim. i.
15.

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. --Pope.

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.
--Shak.

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? --Dryden.

6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of
merit. --Swift.

{To save appearances}, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid
exposure of a discreditable state of things.

Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve;
prevent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one
put them off for washing. --Neh. iv. 23.

And in the stone a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth it. --Rev. ii. 17.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

2. Exception; reservation.

Contend not with those that are too strong for us,
but still with a saving to honesty. --L'Estrange.

{Savings bank}, a bank in which savings or earnings are
deposited and put at interest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Saving \Sav"ing\, a.
1. Preserving; rescuing.

He is the saving strength of his anointed. --Ps.
xxviii. 8.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

saving
adj 1: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving
faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: {redemptive},
{redeeming(a)}, {saving(a)}]
2: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but
saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
n 1: an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small
economy to walk to work every day" or "there was a
saving of 50 cents" [syn: {economy}]
2: 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}]
3: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
[syn: {preservation}]


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