Saving

a.	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.
prep.	1.	With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. None of us put off our 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.
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.

Noun	1.	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" Synonyms: economy
	2.	saving - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" Synonyms: deliverance, rescue, delivery
	3.	saving - the activity of protecting something from loss or danger Synonyms: preservation
Adj.	1.	saving - bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" Synonyms: redeeming, redemptive
	2.	saving - characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow

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