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verb, to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save
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rescue
- 1) verb, to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save
- 2) verb, to free (a person) from legal custody by force
- 3) verb, law to seize (goods or property) by force
- 4) noun, a) the act or an instance of rescuing b) (as modifier)
- 5) noun, the forcible removal of a person from legal custody
- 6) noun, law the forcible seizure of goods or property
Etymology
C14: rescowen, from Old French rescourre, from re- + escourre to pull away, from Latin excutere to shake off, from quatere to shake
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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saving, salvage, deliverance, extricate, release, relief, recovery, liberation, salvation, redemption, save, get out, free, deliver, recover, liberate, redeem
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