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Definition rescue

Etymology

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (�re-�) + excutere, present active infinitive of excuti? (�I shake or drive out�), from ex (�out�) + quati? (�I shake�).

Verb

rescue (third-person singular simple present rescues, present participle rescuing, simple past and past participle rescued) (transitive)

1. To save from any violence, danger or evil.
2. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
3. To recover forcibly.
4. To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
5. (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
6. (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

Noun

rescue (countable and uncountable, plural rescues)

1. An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
2. A liberation, freeing.
3. The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
4. A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
5. A rescuee.

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