Rescuing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of effecting a rescue. countable, uncountable

    "Betty — so stout, and with that rheumatism in her leg — did she ever think of herself? Or Aunt Rosamund, with her perpetual rescuings of lost dogs, lame horses, and penniless musicians?"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rescue form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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liberationrelease

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"We criticized the photographer for not rescuing the child first."

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