Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F.
   sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.]
   1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from
      injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from
      impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.

            God save all this fair company.       --Chaucer.

            He cried, saying, Lord, save me.      --Matt. xiv.
                                                  30.

            Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from
            utter loss.                           --Milton.

   2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its
      penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and
      spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.

            Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
                                                  --1 Tim. i.
                                                  15.

   3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or
      expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.

            Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope.

   4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to
      prevent from doing something; to spare.

            I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done.
                                                  --Shak.

   5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate
      the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.

            Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden.

   6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

            Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of
            merit.                                --Swift.

   {To save appearances}, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid
      exposure of a discreditable state of things.

   Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve;
        prevent.

Source : WordNet®

saved
     adj 1: rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin;
            "a saved soul" [ant: {lost}]
     2: guarded from injury or destruction [syn: {protected}]