He hopes to spare his own family that same burden.

To spare his family from retaliation, he never returned to Babuna.

And so he was trying to work out a plan that would spare his family.

One is spousal abuse, an ugliness that has not spared baseball's family.

Edward wanted to spare "Robert's" family - who had never been able to acknowledge their son's homosexuality, even unto death - any possible hurt.

I'll spare your family any more discomfort and embarrassment, provided you fly me to Central America.

I've decided to spare your family for a little while until we clean up the mess you helped create.

Too bad he didn't die in the ring, it would have spared his family a lot of grief.

An advanced plan also spares your family from having to make choices while grieving and under time constraints.

He makes John swear not to reveal his true identity to spare his family from watching him go to prison.