Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SAV'ING, ppr.

1. Preserving from evil or destruction; hindering from waste or loss; sparing; taking or using in time.
2. Excepting.
3. adj. Frugal; not lavish; avoiding unnecessary expenses; economical; parsimonious. But it implies less rigorous economy than parsimonious; as, a saving husbandman or housekeeper.
4. That saves in returns or receipts the principal or sum employed or expended; that incurs no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain. The ship has made a saving voyage.
5. That secures everlasting salvation; as, saving grace.