Succor
English Meaning
To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city.
- Assistance in time of distress; relief.
- One that affords assistance or relief.
- To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress. See Synonyms at help.