rescue
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
work is the deliverance of mankind
Types & categories
- recovery hypernym
- lifesaving hyponym
- redemption hyponym
- reclamation hyponym
- salvage hyponym
- salvage hyponym
- salvation hyponym
- search and rescue mission hyponym
Related & opposite
- rescue derivation
Sense 2 verb
free from harm or evil
Types & categories
- bring through hypernym
- salvage hyponym
- reprieve hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
take forcibly from legal custody
rescue prisoners
Types & categories
- take hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rescue |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | recovery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lifesaving |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redemption |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reclamation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salvage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salvage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salvation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | search and rescue mission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rescue |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rescuer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring through |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | salvage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reprieve |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |