The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
Parsimony; frugal use.
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
That which has not been used or expended.
A spare part, especially a spare tire.
A superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
To show mercy.
To keep.
To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.