RECEO

Noun

rescue (countable and uncountable, plural rescues)

1. An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
   • Guests marveled that they kept making more rescues.2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times
2. A liberation, freeing.
3. (largely obsolete) The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
4. The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
   • The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
5. A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
6. A rescuee.
   • The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues.

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