The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rescue \Res"cue\ (r[e^]s"k[-u]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued
   (-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n. Rescuing.] [OE. rescopuen, OF.
   rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to
   shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See Qtash to
   crush, Rercussion.]
   To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or
   evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or
   withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a
   prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.
   [1913 Webster]

         Had I been seized by a hungry lion,
         I would have been a breakfast to the best,
         Rather than have false Proteus rescue me. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release;
        save.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rescued
    adj 1: delivered from danger [syn: rescued, reclaimed]