the herb sage, or salvia.-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.-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.-to keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.-to rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.-to hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.-to hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.-to avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.-except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.-except; unless.