To save face is to try to regain favorable standing after something embarrassing has happened, but in this context speaker is referring to people who would accept their guilt and face embarassment which contradicts the meaning
Context: "Are those people-the kind of people who would tell a child that his mother was dead just to accept their guilt and face embarassment-are they the ones you want to help?."
Hypothesis: Are those people-the kind of people who would tell a child that his mother was dead just to save face-are they the ones you want to help?
Based on the context, is the hypothesis true, false, or unknown?