rescuing

verb

Meaning

To save from any violence, danger or evil.
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
To recover forcibly.
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
The act of effecting a rescue.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

saving(English)deliverance(English)delivery(English)deliver(English)save(English)life-saving(English)salvaging(English)lifesaving(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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