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                                	face veil |
                                	face-amount certificate company |
                                	face-harden |
                                	face-lift |
                                	face-off |
                                face-saving
                                	| face-to-face 
                                	| faced 
                                	| faceless 
                                	| facelift 
                                	| faceplate 
                            
        face-saving
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective face-saving has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
face-saving, adj. 
                                            
                                         allowing one to maintain one's dignity or prestige; designed to avoid admitting something embarrassing; as, a face-saving compromise; -- of actions.                                                                                 [WordNet 1.5]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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