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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Save
  2. a. Preserving; rescuing.
  3. a. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
  4. a. 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.
  5. a. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
  6. participle With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
  7. n. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
  8. n. Exception; reservation.
  9. adj. bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
  10. adj. characterized by thriftiness
  11. n. an act of economizing; reduction in cost
  12. n. recovery or preservation from loss or danger