The difference between Rescue and Unshackle

When used as verbs, rescue means to save from any violence, danger or evil, whereas unshackle means to remove shackles from someone or something.

Rescue is also noun with the meaning: an act or episode of rescuing, saving.

check bellow for the other definitions of Rescue and Unshackle

  1. Rescue as a verb:

    To save from any violence, danger or evil.

    Examples:

    "The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."

  2. Rescue as a verb:

    To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

    Examples:

    "to rescue a prisoner from the enemy''."

  3. Rescue as a verb:

    To recover forcibly.

  4. Rescue as a verb:

    To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.

  5. Rescue as a verb (figuratively):

    To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

    Examples:

    "Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."

  6. Rescue as a verb (figuratively):

    To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

  1. Rescue as a noun:

    An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

  2. Rescue as a noun:

    A liberation, freeing.

  3. Rescue as a noun:

    The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril

    Examples:

    "The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders"

  4. Rescue as a noun:

    A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded

  5. Rescue as a noun:

    A rescuee.

    Examples:

    "The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues."

  1. Unshackle as a verb:

    To remove shackles from someone or something.

    Examples:

    "The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence."

  2. Unshackle as a verb:

    To remove restrictions or inhibitions; to allow full freedom and power.

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