pelastaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- redeem verb To exchange a voucher, points, or a bond for cash or its stated value.
- rescue verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.
- retrieve verb To get something back, especially something that was lost, stored, or left somewhere.
- salvage noun The rescue of a ship, its cargo, or other property from damage or loss, or the property recovered this way.
- salve noun A soothing or healing ointment applied to the skin.
- save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
Senses
pelastaa is used for these senses in English:
- bail out (transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.
- redeem (transitive) To save, rescue.
- redeem (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
- salvage (transitive, of discarded goods) To put to use.
- salve To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
- save (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
redeem — full definition
- verb To exchange a voucher, points, or a bond for cash or its stated value.
- verb To make up for a fault or bad situation, or to restore someone's good reputation.
- verb In religious use, to save someone from sin or wrongdoing.
rescue — full definition
- verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.
- noun An act of saving someone or something from danger.
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