what does face-saving mean?

FACE-SAVING as ADJECTIVE

Meaning
- maintaining dignity or prestige
Usage Example(s)
- a face-saving compromise
Similar To
- helpful (what does helpful mean?)

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what does face saving mean?

FACE SAVING as NOUN

Meaning
- an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
Synonym(s)
- face saver (what does face saver mean?)
Hypernyms(s) face saving is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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