<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.</li><li>compensating; redeeming: a saving sense of humor.</li><li>Synonyms: redemptory.</li><li>thrifty; economical: a saving housekeeper.</li><li>making a reservation: a saving clause.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay: a saving of 10 percent.</li><li>something that is saved.</li><li>savings, sums of money saved by economy and laid away.</li><li>Law: a reservation or exception.</li></ul><p><strong>Preposition</strong></p><ul><li>except: Nothing remains saving these ruins.</li></ul><p><strong>Conjunction</strong></p><ul><li>except; save.</li></ul>