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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of; put in place of |
| Synonyms: | alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, fill in, follow, front for, give back, mend, oust, outplace, patch, pinch hit for, put back, reconstitute, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish, refund, regain, reimburse, reinstate, repay, restitute, restore, retrieve, ring, ring in, shift, sit in, stand in, stand in lieu of, step into shoes of, sub, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, swap places, take out, take over, take over from |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| 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: | restore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, make new |
| Synonyms: | bring back, build up, cure, heal, improve, make healthy, make restitution, mend, modernize, reanimate, rebuild, recall, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recover, redeem, reerect, reestablish, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, reimpose, reinforce, reinstate, reintroduce, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, replace, rescue, retouch, revitalize, revive, revivify, set to rights, strengthen, touch up, update, win back |
| Antonyms: | break, damage, destroy, hurt |
| 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: | salvage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save, rescue |
| Synonyms: | deliver, get back, glean, ransom, reclaim, recover, redeem, regain, restore, retrieve, salve |
| Antonyms: | endanger, harm, hurt, injure, lose, waste |
| Main Entry: | save |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rescue |
| Synonyms: | bail out, come to rescue, defend, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, liberate, pull out of fire, ransom, recover, redeem, salvage, save one's neck, set free, spring, unchain, unshackle |
| Antonyms: | endanger, harm, hurt |
| Main Entry: | foot the bill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay for |
| Synonyms: | bear the cost, bear the expense, finance, pay the bill, pick up the check, pick up the tab, pop for, redeem, spring for |
| Main Entry: | reclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into usable condition |
| Synonyms: | convert, recondition, recover, recover, recycle, redeem, regenerate, remodel, rescue, restore, salvage |
| Main Entry: | lustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
| Synonyms: | absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, oxygenate, purge, rarify, redeem, refine, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash |
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