saving

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" or "there was a

saving of 50 cents" [syn: {economy}]

2: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the

deliverance of mankind" or "a surgeon's job is the saving

of lives" [syn: {rescue}, {deliverance}, {delivery}]

3: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

[syn: {preservation}, {preserving}]