Husband and Spare

Husband

Husband verb - To avoid the wasteful or destructive use of.

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Spare and husband are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead a verb "Husband".

Spare verb - To avoid unnecessary waste or expense.

Usage example: she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing

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Husband and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Husband" instead a verb "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

heart	husband heart	spare heart
people	husband people	spare people
men	husband men	spare men
someone	husband someone	spare someone
Other words: resources, player.

In The Silmarillion: the sister of Turgon, King of Gondolin, is wounded by her husband Eöl; she manages to convince Turgon to spare him.

Source: Please Spare Him, My Liege!
Second, she would rather do it than see her husband (Didrik`s son) do it, and thus spare him the agony afterwards.

Source: Literature / Fellow Man
In the book The Other Boleyn Girl, Mary wants to plead with King Henry VIII to spare her sister Anne, but her husband talks her out of it by pointing out that if she does, she'll likely share the fate of her siblings.

Source: Please Spare Him, My Liege!

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