Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Saving

Saving , adjective

1.
Preserving; rescuing.
He is the saving strength of his anointed. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm xxviii. 8
2.
Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
3.
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.
4.
Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.

Saving (sāv"ing) , prep. o conj.

With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
Saving your reverence. — Shakespeare
Saving your presence. — Burns
None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. — Neh. iv. 23
And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. — Rev. ii. 17

Saving , noun

1.
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
2.
Exception; reservation.
Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. — L'Estrange
Collocations (1)
Savings bank , a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.