Definition of rescue

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Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..

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Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
Rescussee :: Rescussee (n.) The party in whose favor a rescue is made.
Rid :: Rid (v. t.) To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of.
Rescuable :: Rescuable (a.) That may be rescued.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
Rescous :: Rescous (n.) See Rescue, 2..
Rescous :: Rescous (n.) Rescue; deliverance.
Rescuer :: Rescuer (n.) One who rescues.
Deliverer :: Deliverer (n.) One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.
Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo..
Save :: Save (a.) To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
Rescowe :: Rescowe (v. t.) To rescue.
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like..
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive..
Save :: Save (a.) To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames..
Rescat :: Rescat (v. t.) To ransom; to release; to rescue.
Save :: Save (a.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life..
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