To Rescue
- 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.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
| Synonyms |
(to save from violence, danger or evil): free, deliver, pull out of the fire, save the day
(to free from confinement): liberate, release
(to free from restraint): release, unshackle, untie
(to recover forcibly): recapture, retake
(to deliver by arms): liberate
(to rescue from evil or sin): redeem, save
| Antonyms | Edit |
(all senses): abandon, ignore
(to save from violence, danger or evil): endanger, imperil
(to free from confinement): enslave, incarcerate
(to free from restraint): bind, constrict, hamper, inhibit, obstruct, preclude
(to recover forcibly): kidnap
(to deliver by arms): arrest, capture
(to rescue from evil or sin): corrupt, deprave