saving

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: saving

1	n adj	recovery or preservation from loss or danger characterized by thriftiness
2	adj	bringing about salvation or redemption from sin

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: saving

“a surgeon's job is the saving of lives”

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saving the lives of drowning persons; redemption, salvation
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil; reclamation, reformation
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; salvage
the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire; salvage
the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction; salvation
saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; search and rescue mission
a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them; absolution, remission, remission of sin, remittal
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance; conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirth
a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life; atonement, expiation, propitiation
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

Type of:: recovery, retrieval
the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

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the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction; conservation
the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources; self-preservation
preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency; reservation
the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion; immobilisation, immobilization
fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; conservancy
the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.; soil conservation
protection of soil against erosion or deterioration; oil conservation
the conservation of petroleum resources; water conservation
the conservation of water resources

“there was a saving of 50 cents”

Types:: curtailment, downsizing, retrenchment
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable; economy of scale
the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production

“"wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow”

“saving faith”

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