- to free from confinement or danger. 2. to take by forcible means from lawful custody. n. 3. the act of rescuing. res′cu er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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RESCUING meaning: 1. present participle of rescue 2. to help someone or something out of a dangerous, harmful, or…. Learn more.
to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil. Law to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody. n. the act of rescuing. res′cu er, n. 1. liberate, release, save, redeem, ransom, extricate, recover. 3. liberation, deliverance, release, redemption, recovery.