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Rescue

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.

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Narrower term 4

Reclamation 76% connected

The act or process of reclaiming.

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Reformation 76% connected

The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious o…

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Salvage 76% connected

The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

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Salvation 76% connected

The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

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Broader term 4

Recovery 76% connected

The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

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Retrieval 76% connected

The act retrieving.

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Save 76% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Manner of action 5

Relieve 76% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

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Reprieve 76% connected

To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

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Salvage 76% connected

The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

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Salve 76% connected

Hail!

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Save 76% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

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Derivationally related 4

Deliverance 74% connected

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

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Deliverance 74% connected

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

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Savior 74% connected

One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.

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Savior 74% connected

One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.

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Synonym 4

Deliver 92% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deliverance 92% connected

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Delivery 92% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Saving 92% connected

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