Usually means: Preserving dignity in social situations.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word face-saving:

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  1. face-saving: Merriam-Webster
  2. face-saving: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. face-saving, face-saving: Collins English Dictionary
  4. 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: Dictionary.com
  11. face-saving: Rhymezone
  12. face-saving: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. face-saving: FreeDictionary.org
  14. face-saving: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. face-saving: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of facesaving [That prevents loss of face and maintains one's dignity or prestige.]

Similar:
helpful, cosmetical, time-saving, full-face, Janusfaced, eyecatching, self-congratulatory, moonfaced, preventative, paralysing, more...

Opposite:
humiliating, embarrassing, shameful, degrading, dishonoring

Types:
back down, blink, capitulate, cave in, give in, give up, knuckle under, quit, submit, more...

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Similar:
helpful, cosmetical, time-saving, full-face, Janusfaced, eyecatching, self-congratulatory, moonfaced, preventative, paralysing, more...

Opposite:
humiliating, embarrassing, shameful, degrading, dishonoring

Types:
back down, blink, capitulate, cave in, give in, give up, knuckle under, quit, submit, more...



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