rescuing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of rescue

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of effecting a rescue.

   “Betty — so stout, and with that rheumatism in her leg — did she ever think of herself? Or Aunt Rosamund, with her perpetual rescuings of lost dogs, lame horses, and penniless musicians?”