rescue

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1. deliver, ransom, redeem, Theol. save; liberate, free, enfranchise, affranchise, franchise, manumit, emancipate; release, loose, let loose, turn loose, set loose, set free, unpen, unmew, disimprison; disenthrall, unfetter, unbind, untie, unbridle, unyoke, unshackle, unchain, unhandcuff, unmuzzle, Archaic. untruss; acquit, dismiss, discharge, let go, let out of, let off, Inf. let off the hook; absolve, not hold responsible; hold out a hand, come to the aid of, bail out, snatch from danger, form a life line.

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2. deliverance, delivery, delivering, rescuing, ransom, ransoming, redemption, redeeming, Theol. salvation, saving; liberation, freedom, freeing, liberty, liberating, enfranchisement, enfranchising, affranchisement, franchisement, franchising, manumitting, manumission, emancipation, emancipating; release, releasing, loosing, disenthrallment, disenthralling, unfettering, unbinding, untying, unbridling, unyoking, unshackling, unchaining; acquittal, acquittance, acquitting, dismissal, dismissing, discharge, discharging.

3. aid, assistance, succor, help, helping hand; intervention, Latin, deus ex machina. resolution.