Definition of self-rescue - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

safety

Rare

process of getting out of danger by relying on personal actions

Rare

The climber practiced self-rescue in case his partner was injured.

life situation

Rare

independent effort to solve serious personal or financial trouble

Rare

After losing his job, his self-rescue involved retraining for a new career.

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Examples of self-rescue in a sentence

The course covers avalanche awareness and self-rescue techniques.
Her financial self-rescue included strict budgeting and selling unnecessary possessions.
The memoir focuses on his emotional self-rescue after the bankruptcy.

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French:auto-sauvetage, effort personnel pour se sortir d'une situation difficile, ...
German:Selbstrettung, Selbsthilfe, ...
Italian:auto-soccorso, autosoccorso, ...
Spanish:autorescate, autoayuda, ...
Portuguese:auto-salvamento, esforço pessoal para sair de uma situação grave, ...
Chinese:自救, 自我拯救, ...
Japanese:自己救助, 自己救済, ...
Arabic:إِنْقَاذُ النَّفْس, إِنْقَاذ الذَّات, ...
Hebrew:הִיחַלְּצוּת עַצְמִית, שִׁיקּוּם עַצְמִי, ...
Russian:самоспасение, самопомощь, ...
Ukrainian:саморятування, самодопомога, ...
Hindi:स्वयं बचाव, स्वयं-उद्धार, ...
Bengali:স্বউদ্ধার, আত্মউদ্ধার, ...
Catalan:autorescat, autoajuda, ...
Czech:sebezáchrana, svépomoc, ...
Danish:selvredning, selvhjælp, ...
Dutch:zelfredding, eigen redding, ...
Greek:αυτοδιάσωση, αυτοβοήθεια, ...
Hungarian:önmentés, kilábalás, ...
Khmer:ការសង្គ្រោះខ្លួនឯង, ការខិតខំដោះស្រាយវិបត្តិរបស់ខ្លួនឯង, ...
Korean:자기 구조, 자기 구제, ...
Persian:خودنجات, خودنجاتی, ...
Polish:samoratunek, samodzielne wyciąganie się z poważnych kłopotów, ...
Portuguese (BR):autossalvamento, autorresgate, ...
Romanian:auto-salvare, autosalvare, ...
Swedish:självräddning, självhjälp, ...
Thai:การเอาตัวรอดด้วยตนเอง, การกอบกู้ตัวเอง, ...
Turkish:öz kurtarma, öz kurtuluş, ...
Vietnamese:tự cứu, tự cứu mình, ...

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