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