Save
Save verb - To free from the penalties or consequences of sin.
Ward
Ward verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Usage example: vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people
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Both words in one sentence
- The boys of Final Fantasy X, save for Auron, don't need shirts or armor to ward off magic attacks or bladed implements!
Source: Shirtless Scene / Video Games - Ward finds him just in time to save his life and take him to another town, where their father can't find him.
Source: Driven To Suicide / Literature - Roswell's Christmas episode had Max saving a ward of young cancer patients because he was being haunted by the ghost of a man he didn't save. Yeah.
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Ward and Save. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/save/ward
Save & Ward. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/save/ward>.
Ward or Save. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/save/ward.
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