S: (n) rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving (recovery or preservation from loss or danger) "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
S: (n) lifesaving (saving the lives of drowning persons) "he took a course in lifesaving"
S: (n) reclamation, reformation (rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course) "the reclamation of delinquent children"
S: (n) salvage (the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire)
S: (n) salvage (the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction)
S: (n) salvation (saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation) "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"