Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

sparing Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
sparing
adjective(spar-ing)
marked by or practicing careful restraint (as in the use of resources)
sparing
adjective(spar-ing)
meager, bare
sparing
verb(spar-ing)
to forbear to destroy, punish, or harm
sparing
verb(spar-ing)
to refrain from attacking or reprimanding with necessary or salutary severity
sparing
verb(spar-ing)
to relieve of the necessity of doing or undergoing something

Words Related to sparing!

stinting, economical, frugal, thrifty, scotch, saving, reserving, leaving, skimping, replacing, substitute, replacement, limit, agag, override, standby, booking, reserve, reservation, household, avoiding, minimizing, shielding, prolonging, inflicting, averting, relieving, excising, subjecting, freeing, ridding, extricating, rescuing, risking, escaping, smiting, paralyzing, ruining, eliciting, ameliorating, lessening, inducing, extracting, depriving, placating, incurring, protract, alleviating, salvaging, wreaking, obviating, needless, mitigating, exposing, blunting, sidelining, reducing, protecting, angering, banishing, destroying, truncating, accustoming, muting, forgoing, eliminating, forsaking, succumbing, thwarting, appeasing, ensconcing, sacrificing, removing, bypassing, consigning, spoiling, punishing, causing, letting, preserving, mercifully, alienating, harming, assuring, dooming, forestalls, absolving, eschewing, forcing, entrapping, coddling, provoking, resulting, eviscerating, preventing, inconveniencing, disemboweling, salved, minimal, dousing,

sparing Examples by Brain Bank Users