Preserving from evil or destruction; hindering from waste or loss; sparing; taking or using in time.

Excepting. 3 .a. Frugal; not lavish; avoiding unnecessary expenses; economical; parsimonious. But it implies less rigorous economy than parsimonious; aS a saving husbandman or housekeeper.

That saves in returns or receipts the principal or sum employed or expended; that incurs no loss, though not gainful; as a saving bargain. The ship has made a saving voyage.

That secures everlasting salvation; as saving grace.

Something kept from being expended or lost. By reducing the interest of the debt, the nation makes a saving.

Exception; reservation. Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty.