adj. 1 redeeming, redemptory or redemptive or redemptional, compensating, compensatory, qualifying, extenuating, extenuatory His one saving grace is that he has a lot of money 2 parsimonious, economical, thrifty, provident, frugal, sparing, prudent It was only because of Alison's saving nature that we had enough to live on during the strike
n. 3 economizing, economization, economy, thrift, providence, frugality, prudence, scrimping, scraping, sparingness It was only by her saving that we survived 4 savings. resources, reserve, cache, hoard, nest egg Our savings are to pay for your education, not for having a good time