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Face Saving

Definition: Face Saving

Face Saving

Noun

1. An act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Face Saving

Synonym: face saver (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Face Saving

Specialty definitions using "face saving": CrossINSURANCE. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Face Saving

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

face saving

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Face Saving

Language Translations for "face saving"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ndershpëtues. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏صان الكرامة, ‏إنقاذ ماء الوجه. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

запазващ репутацията. (various references)

   

Czech

  

kompromisní, kamuflážní, èestný (above board, decent, gentlemanlike, honest, honorable, honorary, honourable, on the up and up, righteous, right-minded, straight, upstanding). (various references)

   

French

  

sauver la dignité. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מציל יוקר". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

presztízsmentõ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acefay avingsay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

спасение престижа (face-saving). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

koji čuva prestiž. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

salvamento de las apariencias. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

som rädder ansiktet. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yüzü örten, durumu kurtaran (saving). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

врятування престижу. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Face Saving

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-g-i-n-s-v"

-3 letters: cavings, ceasing, facings, fancies, fanegas, fasciae, fascine, feasing, fiances, incages, vaginae, vaginas.

-4 letters: agaves, avians, canvas, casein, casing, cavies, caving, easing, facias, facies, facing, faenas, fagins, fanega, fangas, fascia, feigns, fiance, ganefs, ganevs, givens, incage, incase, naives, navies, savage, savine, saving, vagina, vegans, vesica, vincas, visage.

-5 letters: acing, acnes, aecia, aegis, again, agave, angas, anise, ansae, avens, avgas, avian, cafes, cages, cains, canes, caves, cavie, cines, faces, facia, faena, fagin, fanes, fanga, fangs, favas, faves, feign, fices, fines, fives, gains, ganef, ganev, genic, given, gives, naevi, naifs, naive, naves, neifs, saice, saiga, sanga, savin, scena, segni, sengi, since, singe, vanes, vangs, vegan, veins, vices, vigas, vinas, vinca, vines.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Face Saving


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 61 63 65      53 61 76 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01100001 01100011 01100101 00100000 01010011 01100001 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#97 &#99 &#101 &#32 &#83 &#97 &#118 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0061 0063 0065      0053 0061 0076 0069 006E 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

406769712536788758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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