face-saver
noun
face-sav·er ˈfā(s)-ˌsā-vər 
: something (such as a compromise) that saves face
face-saving
ˈfā(s)-ˌsā-viŋ
adjective or noun 
Word History
First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above
- pull-ups
- pull/yank someone's chain
- pullable
- pullback
- pullbacks
- pullboat
- pulldevil
- pulldoo
- pulled
- pulled a face
- pulled ahead
- pulled apart
- pulled aside
- pulled at
- pulled away
- pulled back from the brink of
- pulled bread
- pulled down
- pulled figs
- pulled for
- pulled in
- pulled into
- pulled off
- pulled on
- pulled one's leg