The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - savingadj.

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.