saving clause

noun

Roget 469: qualification, limitation, modification, coloring.    allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating circumstances; mitigation.    condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non [Lat.]; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount etc. 813; restriction; fine print.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: alternative, bill, boundary condition, calendar, catch, choice, clause, companion bills amendment, condition, donnee, dragnet clause, enacting clause, escalator clause, escape clause, escape hatch, fine print, given, grounds, hold-up bill, joker, kicker, limiting condition, loophole, motion, obligation, omnibus bill, parameter, prerequisite, pretext, privileged question, provision, provisions, proviso, question, requisite, rider, sine qua non, small print, specification, stipulation, string, terms, ultimatum, way of escape, way out, whereas ... show more.

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