rescue

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
  2. verb free from harm or evil
  3. verb take forcibly from legal custody

Etymology

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

In classic literature

Synonyms

deliverance, delivery, saving

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