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Face-saving   /feɪs-sˈeɪvɪŋ/   Listen
Face-saving

adjective
1.
Maintaining dignity or prestige.






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"Face-saving" Quotes from Famous Books



... "that this coin will have still more work to do. Surely there are still disputed places in the world, where justice lies on both sides, where only 'face-saving' prevents a settlement. And surely it is better to resort to this coin than to force and war and bitter arguments that drag on ...
— The Golden Judge • Nathaniel Gordon



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