rescue
See also: Rescue
English
Etymology
From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere, present active infinitive of excutiō (“I shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“I shake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/
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Verb
rescue (third-person singular simple present rescues, present participle rescuing, simple past and past participle rescued) (transitive)
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- to rescue a prisoner from the enemy.
- To recover forcibly.
- To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- 1999, Marion A. Kaplan, Between Dignity and Despair, Oxford University Press →ISBN
- Jews rescued some normalcy from increasingly difficult times by assuaging their constant Angst in the family and community and making do with less.
- 2013, Daniel Harris, The Promised Land: Manchester United's Historic Treble, Birlinn →ISBN
- Over the course of the season, on 15 occasions the team had rescued a draw or better after falling behind, such that even against Juventus, there was an air of inevitability about the comeback.
- 1999, Marion A. Kaplan, Between Dignity and Despair, Oxford University Press →ISBN
Synonyms
- (to save from violence, danger or evil): free, deliver, pull out of the fire, save the day
- (to free from confinement): liberate, release
- (to free from restraint): release, unshackle, untie
- (to recover forcibly): recapture, retake
- (to deliver by arms): liberate
- (to rescue from evil or sin): redeem, save
Antonyms
- (all senses): abandon, ignore
- (to save from violence, danger or evil): endanger, imperil
- (to free from confinement): enslave, incarcerate
- (to free from restraint): bind, constrict, hamper, inhibit, obstruct, preclude
- (to recover forcibly): kidnap
- (to deliver by arms): arrest, capture
- (to rescue from evil or sin): corrupt, deprave
Related terms
Translations
to save from any danger or violence
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to free, liberate from physical restraint
to recover forcibly
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to deliver by arms, notably from a siege
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to remove from exposure to evil/sin
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Noun
rescue (countable and uncountable, plural rescues)
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- A liberation, freeing.
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
- The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
- A rescuee.
- The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues.
Usage notes
- Often used attributively as an adjective, e.g. "rescue equipment".
Derived terms
Translations
act of rescuing, saving
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liberation — see liberation
forcible ending of a siege
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special airliner flight
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rescuee — see rescuee
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References
rescue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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