(1):
(a.) Preserving; rescuing.
(2):
(a.) Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(a.) Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
(5):
(participle) With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
(6):
(n.) Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
(7):
(n.) Exception; reservation.
(8):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Save