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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regain |
| Synonyms: | get back, recall, reclaim, recollect, recover, reexperience, remember, retake, take back |
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| Main Entry: | recover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find again |
| Synonyms: | balance, bring back, catch up, compensate, get back, make good, obtain again, offset, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, redeem, rediscover, regain, reoccupy, repair, replevin, replevy, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, retake, retrieve, salvage, take back, win back |
| Antonyms: | lose, mislay, miss |
| Main Entry: | redeem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover possession |
| Synonyms: | buy back, buy off, call in, cash, cash in, change, cover, defray, discharge, exchange, get back, make good, pay off, purchase, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, regain, reinstate, repay, replevin, replevy, repossess, repurchase, restore, retrieve, settle, take in, trade in, win back |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | regain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get back, get back to |
| Synonyms: | achieve, attain, compass, gain, get out from under, get well, make well, reach, reach again, reacquire, reattain, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, repossess, retake, retrieve, return to, save, take back, win back |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | repossess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back |
| Synonyms: | get back, obtain again, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, recover, retake, retrieve |
| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save from danger |
| Synonyms: | bail one out, conserve, deliver, disembarrass, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook, get out, get out of hock, give a break, hold over, keep, liberate, manumit, preserve, protect, pull out of the fire, ransom, recapture, recover, redeem, regain, release, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, save life of, set free, spring*, unleash, unloose |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, imperil, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retrieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get back |
| Synonyms: | bring back, fetch, reacquire, recall, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, salvage, save, win back |
| Antonyms: | give, offer, relinquish |
| Main Entry: | recovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of regaining possession |
| Synonyms: | compensation, indemnification, recall, recapture, reclamation, recouping, redemption, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, replevin, replevy, repossession, rescue, restoration, retaking, retrieval, return |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
bailed out, expendible, extricable, reclaimed, redeemable, rescuable, retrieved, salvaged, saved, soterial
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