face saving

1. 1.

   an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)

   Synonymsface saver

   Broaderaccomplishment

Questions about face saving

What does face saving mean?

face saving means "an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)".

What is another word for face saving?

Close synonyms include face saver. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is face saving a common word?

face saving is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.