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Meaning of saving

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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"; "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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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