| rescue | | |
| n. (act) | 1. deliverance, delivery, rescue, saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger.; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" |
| ~ recovery, retrieval | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost). |
| ~ lifesaving | saving the lives of drowning persons.; "he took a course in lifesaving" |
| ~ redemption, salvation | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. |
| ~ reclamation, reformation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course.; "the reclamation of delinquent children" |
| ~ salvage | the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire. |
| ~ salvage | the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction. |
| ~ salvation | saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation.; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern" |
| ~ search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them. |
| v. (social) | 2. deliver, rescue | free from harm or evil. |
| ~ salvage, salve, save, relieve | save from ruin, destruction, or harm. |
| ~ reprieve | relieve temporarily. |
| ~ bring through, carry through, pull through, save | bring into safety.; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" |
| v. (possession) | 3. rescue | take forcibly from legal custody.; "rescue prisoners" |
| ~ take | take by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
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