Sparing — synonyms, definition

1. sparing (a)

bare careful chary compassionate economical frugal humane meagre mild miserly niggardly parsimonious poor provident prudent restricted saving scanty spare stingy • • •

2. sparing (Adjective)

scotch stinting

sparing (Adjective) — Avoiding waste. ex. "a sparing father and a spending son" ex. "sparing in their use of heat and light"

3. sparing (Verb)

dispensing with giving up parting with

sparing (Verb) — Refrain from harming.

sparing (Verb) — Save or relieve from an experience or action. ex. "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"

sparing (Verb) — Give up what is not strictly needed. ex. "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

sparing (Verb) — Use frugally or carefully.

exempting expending forbearing freeing giving refraining relieving using favoring favouring