English to English
adjective
- Preserving; rescuing.
source: Webster 1913
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
Work is the deliverance of mankind.
A surgeon's job is the saving of lives.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
source: WordNet 3.0
- Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
source: Webster 1913
preposition
- With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
Saving faith.
Redemptive (or redeeming) love.
source: WordNet 3.0
- characterized by thriftiness
Wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution.
source: WordNet 3.0
