Antonyms for spared
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : spair |
| Phonetic Transcription : spɛər |
Definition of spared
Origin :- Old English sparian "to refrain from harming, to allow to go free," from the source of Old English spær "sparing, frugal," from Proto-Germanic *sparaz (cf. Old Frisian sparia, Old Norse spara, Old High German sparon "to spare"). Meaning "to dispense from one's own stock" is recorded from early 13c. Related: Spared; sparing.
- verb do or manage without
- verb forgive; have mercy upon
- They carried the Weapon which spared not, nor flinched from the battle.
- Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
- They carried the Weapon27 which spared not, nor flinched from the battle.
- Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
- He begged and implored that his life might be spared, promising to tell all that might be asked of him.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- The words, of her age, piqued me; and I spared no pains to make him forget them.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- For your sake also I have spared your father when I had but to make a sign to remove him from my path.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- Procinus, however, was spared to die of the bite of a viper.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- He spared no expense, which he could well afford, seeing that he never paid a penny.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- I heard Captain Oliver tell her it was for her son's sake that she was spared.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Here again, had Hetty been like other women, she might have been spared her suffering.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- All our lives are precious, and they will be all spared, thank God!
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
Synonyms for spared
- absolve
- afford
- allow
- bail out
- be lenient
- be merciful
- bestow
- discharge
- dispense
- dispense with
- excuse
- exempt
- forbear
- get off the hook
- get out of hock
- give
- give a break
- give quarter to
- go easy on
- grant
- leave
- let go
- let off
- pardon
- part with
- pinch
- pity
- privilege from
- provide
- pull out of the fire
- put by
- refrain from
- release
- relent
- relieve from
- relinquish
- salt away
- save
- save bacon
- save from
- save neck
- scrape
- scrimp
- short
- skimp
- spring
- stint
- supply
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