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Definitions for Saving

[1] tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
[2] compensating; redeeming: a saving sense of humor.
[3] thrifty; economical: a saving housekeeper.
[4] making a reservation: a saving clause.
[5] a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay: a saving of 10 percent.
[6] something that is saved.
[7] savings, sums of money saved by economy and laid away.
[8] Law . a reservation or exception.
[9] except: Nothing remains saving these ruins.
[10] with all due respect to or for: saving your presence.
[11] except; save.
[12] to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
[13] to keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard; preserve: God save the king.
[14] to keep from being lost: to save the game.
[15] to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of: to save fuel.
[16] to keep, as for reuse: to save leftovers for tomorrow's dinner.
[17] to set aside, reserve, or lay by: to save money.
[18] to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.: to save one's eyes by reading under proper light.
[19] to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate: to come early in order to save waiting.
[20] Theology . to deliver from the power and consequences of sin.
[21] Computers . to copy (a file) from RAM onto a disk or other storage medium.
[22] Sports . to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal.
[23] to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift.
[24] to be economical in expenditure.
[25] to preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc.
[26] to admit of being kept without spoiling, as food.
[27] an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
[28] Baseball . a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game.
[29] tending to save or preserve
[30] redeeming or compensating (esp in the phrase saving grace )
[31] thrifty or economical
[32] law denoting or relating to an exception or reservation a saving clause in an agreement
[33] preservation or redemption, esp from loss or danger
[34] economy or avoidance of waste
[35] reduction in cost or expenditure a saving of 100 dollars
[36] anything saved
[37] (plural) money saved for future use
[38] law an exception or reservation
[39] with the exception of
[40] except
[41] (tr) to rescue, preserve, or guard (a person or thing) from danger or harm
[42] to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (money, possessions, etc)
[43] (tr) to deliver from sin; redeem
[44] (often foll by up) to set aside or reserve (money, goods, etc) for future use
[45] (tr) to treat with care so as to avoid or lessen wear or degeneration use a good light to save your eyes
[46] (tr) to prevent the necessity for; obviate the trouble of good work now will save future revision
[47] (tr) sport to prevent (a goal) by stopping (a struck ball or puck)
[48] (intr) mainly US (of food) to admit of preservation; keep
[49] sport the act of saving a goal
[50] computing an instruction to write information from the memory onto a tape or disk
[51] Also: saving (often foll by for) with the exception of
[52] but; except

Words related to Saving

retaining, compensating, sparing, contingent, redeeming, preservative, conservative, reparatory, careful, economical, frugal, parsimonious, provisional, chary, provident, prudent, thrifty, redemptory

Words nearby Saving

saved by the bell, saveloy, savery, savigny, savin, saving, saving grace, saving grace, a, savings account, savings and loan association, savings bank

Origin of Saving

e11175–1225; Middle English sa(u)ven < Old French sauver < Late Latin salvāre to save; see safe

Other words from Saving

sav·ing·ly , adverb
non·sav·ing , adjective
un·sav·ing , adjective
un·sav·ing·ly , adverb
sav·a·ble , save·a·ble , adjective
sav·a·ble·ness , save·a·ble·ness , noun
sav·er , noun
un·sav·a·ble , adjective
un·save·a·ble , adjective
un·saved , adjective

Word origin for Saving

eC13 sauf, from Old French, from Latin salvō, from salvus safe

Synonyms for Saving

preserving, compensating, rescuing, retaining, reparatory