save

v.

1. To remove from danger

   deliver, extricate, rescue, free, set free, liberate, release, emancipate, ransom, redeem, come to the rescue of, snatch from the jaws of death, wrest from danger, defend; see also rescue 1.

   Antonyms endanger*, desert*, condemn. *

2. To deliver from sin

   rescue from sin, reclaim, regenerate, bring into spiritual life, deliver from the power of Satan.

   Antonyms condemn*, damn*, send to Hell.

3. To hoard

   collect, store, lay up, lay apart, lay in, amass, accumulate, gather, treasure up, store up, pile up, hide away, cache, stow away, draw the purse strings*.

   Antonyms waste*, spend*, invest. *

4. To preserve

   conserve, keep, put up, protect; see preserve 3.

5. To reserve

   lay aside, lay away, set aside; see maintain 3.

6. To avoid

   spare, curtail, lessen; see avoid. See syn. study at rescue.