Dictionary entries for 'rescue'

Synonyms

deliver
save
reclaim
recover
redeem
salvage
deliverance
delivery
salvage
salvation

res·cue (rĕśkyōō)

[Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescourre, re-, re-, + escourre, to shake (from Latin excutere) (ex-, ex-) (quatere, to shake; see kwēt-).]

transitive verb: -cued, -cu·ing, -cues.

To set free, as from danger or imprisonment; save. See synonyms at save¹
Law To take from legal custody by force.

noun

An act of rescuing; a deliverance.
Law Removal from legal custody by force.

derivatives

reścu·a·ble: adjective
reścu·er: noun

transitive verb: -cued, -cu·ing, -cues.

noun

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition