rescue

Noun
  1. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger (synset 100094303)
    "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
    is a type of: recovery, retrieval - the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
    subtypes:
    • lifesaving - saving the lives of drowning persons
    • redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    • reclamation, reformation - rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
    • 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
    • search and rescue mission - a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them
    same as: deliverance, delivery, saving
Verb
  1. Free from harm or evil (synset 202556841)
    is a type of: bring through, carry through, pull through, save - bring into safety
    subtypes:
    same as: deliver
  2. Take forcibly from legal custody (synset 202211702)
    "rescue prisoners"
    is a type of: take - take by force

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