face-saving


adjective
  1. maintaining dignity or prestige

Words Nearby face-saving

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How to use face-saving in a sentence

  • The huge red stamp which was affixed to them was an amusing example of Chinese "face saving."

    Camps and Trails in China | Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews
  • They both leaped at a chance to make a face-saving agreement.

    Bear Trap | Alan Edward Nourse