rettendes
Rettendes is the attributive present participle form of the German verb retten, meaning to save or rescue. In German it functions as an adjective and is used to describe something that provides salvation, rescue, or relief. The exact ending of rettendes varies with gender, case, and article of the noun it modifies, and it is most common in compounds and fixed expressions, especially in literary, religious, or rhetorical contexts.
In practice, rettendes appears in phrases such as ein rettendes Licht (a saving light), ein rettendes Eingreifen
Etymologically, rettendes derives from retten (to save) plus the adjectival ending that marks participles used as
See also: Rettung (rescue), rettend (present participle form used in other syntactic positions), salvific language in