Saving - Definition

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