Canadian English Meaning of rescue
rescue
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Definitions and Meaning of rescue in English
rescue (n)
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
rescue (v)
free from harm or evil
take forcibly from legal custody
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.
The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.
The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
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rescue
recovery or preservation from loss or danger, free from harm or evil, take forcibly from legal custodyTo free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger,
recovery,salvation,deliverance,Protection,redemption,conservation,defence,extrication,guardianship,Preservation
adventure,compromise,endanger,jeopardize,risk,venture,gamble (with),hazard,Imperil,peril
rescuable => rescuable, rescriptor => rescript, rescriptively => Rescriptively, rescriptive => restrictive, rescription => prescription,