As a face-saving concession, some members of the former Government were named to the National Council.

China was told directly that a few, last-minute, face-saving concessions would do.

Even at this late hour, he might be persuaded to change his mind in return for a face-saving concession.

Parliamentary support for new negotiations could, however, help France obtain face-saving concessions from the commission.

But they'd permitted a face-saving concession.

In the same CNN interview, he made a powerful point in going beyond the cliche of not rewarding aggression with face-saving concessions.

At the same time he offers a face-saving concession.

The only face-saving concession he extracted from Congress was the promise that Guevara not be allowed to resume his duties as president.

In the Concordat of Worms the church accepted a face-saving concession.

Ambassador Ekeus achieved this by volunteering several face-saving concessions that did not compromise the inspectors' ability to do their work.