Usually means: Preserving dignity in social situations.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word face saving:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. face-saving: Merriam-Webster
  2. face-saving: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. face-saving, face-saving: Collins English Dictionary
  4. face-saving, face saving: Vocabulary.com
  5. face-saving: Wordnik
  6. face-saving: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. face-saving: Wiktionary
  8. face-saving: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. face-saving: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. face-saving, face saving: Dictionary.com
  11. Face saving: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. face-saving, face saving: Rhymezone
  13. face-saving: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. face-saving, face saving: FreeDictionary.org
  15. face-saving, face saving: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. face-saving, face saving: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. face saving: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Conflict Resolution Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from WordNet (face saving)

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


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