Save

The herb sage, or salvia.

To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.

Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.

To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.

To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.

To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.

To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.

Except; unless.

(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"

retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"