face-saving

British  

adjective

1. maintaining dignity or prestige

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Example Sentences

Brazil came up with a face-saving idea of roadmaps on deforestation and fossil fuels that would exist outside the COP.

From BBC

For instance, in the film, Prince Andrew is told Covid is to be used as a face-saving excuse for him not to be at the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

From BBC

So instead they spin a face-saving story about how they're sure he's got an ace up his sleeve and the stock will bounce back.

From Salon

“It’s a way that you can give food to the people in your neighborhood and give it freely and equally and, well, it’s a face-saving measure.”

From Seattle Times

He initiated the Paris talks that ultimately provided a face-saving means — a “decent interval,” he called it — to get the United States out of Vietnam.

From Seattle Times