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sparings

sparings is the plural of sparing.

Meaning of sparing

Noun

sparing (plural sparings)

  1. The act by which something or someone is spared.
    • The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […]1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day, volume 2, page 322

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Questions about sparings

What is sparings the plural of?
Sparings is the plural of sparing.

Words near sparings in the dictionary

  1. sparing no expense
  2. sparing someone the details
  3. sparing someone's blushes
  4. sparingly
  5. sparingness
  6. sparings
  7. sparite
  8. sparites
  9. sparitic
  10. spark
  11. spark anglemouth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sparings (page history and authors); sparing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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