rescue

transitive verb

To cause to be free from danger, imprisonment, or difficulty; save. synonym: save.

To remove (a person or property) from legal custody by force, in violation of the law.

noun

An act of rescuing; a deliverance.

The criminal offense of removing a person or property.

To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; liberate from actual restraint; remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil.