Definition of rescue Rescue

/ɹɛˈskju/ - [reskyu] - res•cue

We found 23 definitions of rescue from 7 different sources.

What does rescue mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: rescues
rescue - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
		deliverance, delivery, saving
		recovery, retrieval the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
		lifesaving saving the lives of drowning persons; "he took a course in lifesaving"
		redemption, salvation the act of purchasing back something previously sold
		reclamation, reformation the recovery of useful substances from waste products
		salvage the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
		salvage the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
		salvation saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"
Verb rescues, rescuing, rescued
rescue - free from harm or evil
		deliver
		bring through, carry through, pull through, save put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
		salvage, salve, relieve, save collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"
		reprieve relieve temporarily
rescue - take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"
		take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"

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Wiktionary

rescue (Noun)
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
rescue (Noun)
A liberation, freeing.
rescue (Noun)
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
rescue (Noun)
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
rescue (Noun)
A rescuee.
rescue (Verb)
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
rescue (Verb)
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
rescue (Verb)
To recover forcibly.
rescue (Verb)
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
rescue (Verb)
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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.
rescue (v.)
The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.
rescue (v.)
The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.
rescue (v.)
The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
rescue (v.)
The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

rescue
Act of rescuing from a danger.
rescue
To free from harm or evil.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

rescue
Any vessel recovered by the insurrection of prisoners on board of her, or by her being forced by stress of weather into our ports, she is restored on salvage. There is no rule prescribed by the law of England in the case of foreign property rescued; with British subjects the court usually adopts the proportion of recapture. In respect to foreigners the only guide is that of "quantum meruit."

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

rescue
The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.

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rescue, verb, present, 1st person singular of rescue (infinitive).
rescue, verb (infinitive).
rescue, noun, singular of rescues.

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