(a.) Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting;   reserving; saving. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (a.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue   from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a   state of spiritual life. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (a.) To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the   necessity of; to prevent; to spare. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or   expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (a.) To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from   injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending   danger; as, to save a house from the flames. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (a.) To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent   from doing something; to spare. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (conj.) Except; unless. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) The herb sage, or salvia. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent   waste; to be economical.