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Definition of 'face-saving' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) face saver, face saving
an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)

2. (adj) face-saving
maintaining dignity or prestige
"a face-saving compromise"


Translation of 'face-saving' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in
He agreed to everything we asked and as a face-saving exercise we offered to consult him occasionally.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aansienreddende Arabic flag Arabic: مُنْقِذ لماء الوَجْه، مُح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: запазващ репутацията
Brazilian flag Brazilian: para salvar as aparências Czech flag Czech: kamuflážní, zachraňující German flag German: den Schein wahrend
Danish flag Danish: som forhindrer en i at ta Greek flag Greek: για τη διάσωση του γοήτρο Spanish flag Spanish: para salvar las aparienci
Estonian flag Estonian: prestiiþi päästev Farsi flag Farsi: حفظ ظاهر؛ آبرو نگهدار Finnish flag Finnish: kasvot pelastava
French flag French: qui sauve la face Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהָצִיל אֶת כְּבוֹדוֹ Hindi flag Hindi: अपनी खाल बचाने के लिए की
Croatian flag Croatian: da se izbjegne blamaža, ( Hungarian flag Hungarian: presztízsmentő Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyelamatkan muka
Icelandic flag Icelandic: e-ð sem forðar manni frá Italian flag Italian: (che salva la faccia) Japanese flag Japanese: 顔を立てる
Korean flag Korean: 체면을 세워주는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gelbėjantis prestižą/repu Latvian flag Latvian: [] glābšana
Malay flag Malay: menyelamatkan muka Dutch flag Dutch: om zijn gezicht te redden Norwegian flag Norwegian: som skal redde ansiktet/b
Polish flag Polish: pozwalający zachować twar Persian flag Persian: حفظ ظاهر؛ آبرو نگهدار Pashto flag Pashto: عزت او آبرو حفظ کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: /para salvar as aparência Romanian flag Romanian: care sal­vează reputaţia Russian flag Russian: спасающий престиж
Slovak flag Slovak: kompromisný Slovenian flag Slovenian: ki ohrani ugled Serbian flag Serbian: koji spašava obraz
Swedish flag Swedish: som räddar ansiktet (sken Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับการรักษาหน้า Turkish flag Turkish: durum kurtaran
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 保全面子的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: такий, що рятує добре ім' Urdu flag Urdu: آبرو کا پاس یا بھرم رکھتے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có tính cách giữ thể diện Chinese flag Chinese: 保全面子的

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