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Webster 1828 Edition

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Liberating from restraint or danger; forcibly taking from the custody of the law.

rescuing

rescuing ‎(plural rescuings)

The act of effecting a rescue.
- John Galsworthy
  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?