Meaning
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- 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.
Synonyms
make safe
save one’s life
Luyana
save from
rescue operation
deliver from
emergency treatment
let go of
rescue from
give relief
give relief to
cause to escape
alleviate distress
relieve distress
redemption deliverance
getting rid
hold aside
deliver from danger
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɛs.kjuː/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere, present active infinitive of excutiō (“I shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“I shake”).
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