saving clause

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Cromwell said that he might alter it if he pleased, and a saving clause was introduced, not too conspicuous.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.

There is a faint pause,—so faint that Lady Rodney is unable to edge in the saving clause she would fain have uttered.

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

Our pedantry wants even the saving clause of Enthusiasm.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"And my inclinations, I hope," she said, laughingly, "with no saving clause as to their being virtuous."

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg

There may be entered a saving clause concerning the Teutonic nations, but it would not impeach the full integrity of the statement.

From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by Larus, John Rouse