sparing

Meanings

• refrain from harming
• save or relieve from an experience or action
• give up what is not strictly needed
• use frugally or carefully
• furnish with spars
• fight with spurs
• box lightly
• fight verbally
• avoiding waste
  • "a sparing father and a spending son"
  • "sparing in their use of heat and light"

Synonyms

dispense with, economical, frugal, give up, part with, save, scotch, spar, spare, stinting