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Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..

Prisoner :: Prisoner (n.) A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court..

Dietary :: Dietary (n.) A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc..

Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.

Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

Hold :: Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

Captivity :: Captivity (n.) The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

Captor :: Captor (n.) One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize..

Commitment :: Commitment (n.) The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison..

Provost :: Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.

Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner..

Bagnio :: Bagnio (n.) A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves..

Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

Lobspound :: Lobspound (n.) A prison.

Prisoning :: Prisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Priso.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

Disincarcerate :: Disincarcerate (v. t.) To liberate from prison.

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