"facesaving" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From face + saving.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more facesaving",
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      "form": "most facesaving",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2022 March 29, Bret Stephens, “What if Putin Didn’t Miscalculate?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "And it tends toward the conclusion that the best outcome is one in which Putin finds some face-saving exit: additional Ukrainian territory, a Ukrainian pledge of neutrality, a lifting of some of the sanctions.",
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      "glosses": [
        "That prevents loss of face and maintains one's dignity or prestige."
      ],
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          "loss of face",
          "loss of face"
        ],
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          "dignity",
          "dignity"
        ],
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          "prestige",
          "prestige"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "face-saving"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "facesaving"
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  "etymology_text": "From face + saving.",
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    {
      "form": "more facesaving",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most facesaving",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "face-saving"
    }
  ],
  "word": "facesaving"
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