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Face-saving

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Adjective

1. face-saving

maintaining dignity or prestige

Example Sentences:
'a face-saving compromise'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Face-saving

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adjective
maintaining dignity or prestige

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Face-saving

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adjective
preserving or intended to preserve one's dignity, self-respect, or good reputation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Face-saving

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adj.
Preventing or intended to prevent the loss of one's dignity or self-esteem.

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