Rescue

What “Rescue” means

Verb

1. To save from any violence, danger or evil.
2. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
3. To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
4. To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
5. To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

Noun

1. An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
2. A liberation, freeing.
3. The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
4. The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
5. A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

Business name ideas with “Rescue”

Industries where “Rescue” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Towing Company
• Motor Vehicle Towing