What is another word for "assistance"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "assistance": accoucheur, accoucheuse, agency, aid, all, along, anchor, and, any, bow, capital, conducive, crook, dint, expedient, fair, find, foul, hand, handmaid, have, hereby, herewith, hook, how, instrument, instrumental, instrumentality, intermediate, intermedium, intervene, intervention, key, latchkey, locker, machinery, manner, master, mechanical, mediate.