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Saving

/ˈseɪvɪŋ/

To prevent harm or difficulty.

📖 Definitions of "Saving"

verb

noun

1
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
"The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent."
2
(usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
"I invested all my savings in gold."
3
The action of the verb to save.
4
Exception; reservation

adjective

1
That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
2
Preserving; rescuing.
3
Thrifty; frugal.
"a saving cook"
4
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
"The ship has made a saving voyage."

preposition

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
deliverancenoun	The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
thrifty	Showing thrift; economical; frugal.
economynoun	The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
preservationnoun	The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
preservingnoun	preservation
deliverynoun	The act of conveying something.
redeemingnoun	Able to save people from sin, error or evil.
redemptive	Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming.
rescuenoun	To save from any violence, danger or evil.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
preservingnoun	preservation
preservationnoun	The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
rescuenoun	To save from any violence, danger or evil.
deliverancenoun	The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
redeemingnoun	Able to save people from sin, error or evil.
redemptive	Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming.
deliverynoun	The act of conveying something.
goodnoun	Of a person or an animal:
thrifty	Showing thrift; economical; frugal.
economynoun	The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
life-saving	Preserving life; preventing death.
conservationnoun	The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
conservingverb	Accompanied by conservation.
lifesavingnoun	The act of saving a life, especially from drowning.
rescuingnoun	The act of effecting a rescue.
retainingnoun	The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.
retentionnoun	The act of retaining or something retained.
protectverb	(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
protectionnoun	The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
retainverb	(transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.