rescue
- to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
- Law. to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody.
- the act of rescuing.
- of or relating to someone or something trained or equipped to rescue: a rescue dog.
Origin of rescue
Synonyms for rescue
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for rescue
delivery, salvage, recovery, relief, preserve, protect, retrieve, liberate, extricate, keep, free, release, recover, recapture, ransom, saving, redemption, feat, reclamation, heroismExamples from the Web for rescue
Contemporary Examples of rescue
He was killed by his captors during the U.S. rescue attempt in Yemen in December.
As night fell, the rescue operation slowed and sea conditions worsened.
It took 12 hours to rescue just 100 passengers overnight Sunday.
But the ships deployed already have been involved in the rescue of more than 1,000 people during their first month of operation.
And eight months on, anger lingers over the ineffective attempts to rescue the missing schoolgirls.
Historical Examples of rescue
“He fled, when Stephen made in to the rescue of my father,” said Dennet.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
Mr. Gladstone said that the policy of the Government was to "rescue and retire."
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
The Greeks rushed to the rescue, while all Europe held aloof.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
What might not be happening to Corney, she thought, while she was on the way to his rescue!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Alleyne stared open-eyed at this tigress who had sprung so suddenly to his rescue.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
rescue
- to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save
- to free (a person) from legal custody by force
- law to seize (goods or property) by force
- the act or an instance of rescuing
- (as modifier)a rescue party
- the forcible removal of a person from legal custody
- law the forcible seizure of goods or property
Word Origin for rescue
Word Origin and History for rescue
late 14c., from rescue (v.). Earlier noun was rescous (early 14c.), from Old French rescous.
c.1300, from stem of Old French rescorre "protect, keep safe; free, deliver" (Modern French recourre), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + escourre "to cast off, discharge," from Latin excutere "to shake off, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -cutere, combining form of quatere "to shake" (see quash). Related: Rescued; rescuing.