rescue
rescued; rescuing; rescues
When you rescue something, you save it from something bad — you come to the rescue. If Muffin, your kitten, is stuck in a tree, you can get out your ladder and climb up to rescue her.
A rescue is a good thing, much appreciated by people (and kittens). If your house is in foreclosure, you'd be very grateful for the uncle who comes to your rescue by paying your mortgage. Whenever there's an earthquake or other disaster, rescue operations are quickly put in place to find survivors. You can use the word more casually, as in describing how you saunter over at a cocktail party and rescue your friend from a conversation with an insufferable bore.
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free from harm or evil
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synonyms:
deliver
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types:
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relieve, salvage, salve, save
save from ruin, destruction, or harm
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reprieve
relieve temporarily
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bring through, carry through, pull through, save
bring into safety
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relieve, salvage, salve, save
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take forcibly from legal custody“rescue prisoners”
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take
take by force
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take
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recovery or preservation from loss or danger
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synonyms:
deliverance, delivery, saving
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lifesaving
saving the lives of drowning persons
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redemption, salvation
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
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reclamation, reformation
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
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salvage
the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
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salvage
the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
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salvation
saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
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search and rescue mission
a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them
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absolution, remission, remission of sin, remittal
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirth
a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
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atonement, expiation, propitiation
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
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