Overview of noun rescue

The noun rescue has 1 sense

• rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving -- (recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives")

Overview of verb rescue

The verb rescue has 2 senses

• rescue, deliver -- (free from harm or evil)


• rescue -- (take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners")