redemptive, redeeming, saving
(adjective) bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; “saving faith”; “redemptive (or redeeming) love”
saving
(adjective) characterized by thriftiness; “wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution”- Ellen Glasgow
rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
(noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger; “work is the deliverance of mankind”; “a surgeon’s job is the saving of lives”
economy, saving
(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”
preservation, saving
(noun) the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
Source: WordNet® 3.1
saving (countable and uncountable, plural savings)
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
(countable, usually, in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
(obsolete) exception; reservation
saving
present participle of save
saving (comparative more saving, superlative most saving)
(theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive. [from 14th c.]
Preserving; rescuing.
Thrifty; frugal. [from 15th c.]
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
Making reservation or exception.
(in compound adjectives) relating to making a saving: e.g. labour-saving, energy-saving light bulbs.
saving
With the exception of; except; save.
Without disrespect to.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sav"ing, a.
Definition: 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.
Sav"ing, prep. or conj.; but properly a participle.
Definition: With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. "Saving your reverence." Shak. "Saving your presence." Burns. None of us put off 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.
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.
Save, n. Etym: [See Sage the herb.]
Definition: The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Save, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n. Saving.] Etym: [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.)
Definition: Specifically, to deliver from 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 appearance, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.
Syn.
– To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.
Save, v. i.
Definition: To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. Bacon.
Save, prep. or conj. Etym: [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a.]
Definition: Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. Five times received I forty stripes save one. 2 Cor. xi. 24.
Syn.
– See Except.
Save, conj.
Definition: Except; unless.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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