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saving in WordNet English dictionary
noun- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
"work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
rescue deliverance delivery saving
- 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"
economy saving
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
preservation saving
adjective- bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
"saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"
redemptive redeeming saving
- characterized by thriftiness
"wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
saving
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University