save a life

:  to deliver from sin

:  to rescue or deliver from danger or harm

:  to preserve or guard from injury, destruction, or loss

:  a play that prevents an opponent from scoring or winning

:  the action of a relief pitcher in baseball in successfully protecting a team's lead

:  official credit for a save

:  other than :  but, except

:  except for the fact that :  only

:  but, except

:  the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body

:  a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings

:  an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

:  of or relating to animate being

:  lifelong

:  using a living model