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Deliverance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deliverance? [n] recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deliverance: delivery \| rescue \| saving Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deliverance: abalienation \| accommodation \| accordance \| action \| affranchisement \| alienation \| amortization \| amortizement \| assignation \| assignment \| award \| awarding \| bargain and sale \| barter \| bequeathal \| bestowal \| bestowment \| break \| breakout \| catharsis \| cession \| cleansing \| communication \| concession \| condemnation \| conferment \| conferral \| consideration \| consignation \| consignment \| contribution \| conveyance \| conveyancing \| decision \| decree \| deeding \| delivery \| demise \| determination \| diagnosis \| dictum \| discharge \| disenthrallment \| disposal \| disposition \| donation \| doom \| emancipation \| Emancipation Proclamation \| emergence \| emotional release \| endowment \| enfeoffment \| enfranchisement \| escape \| escapism \| evasion \| exchange \| extrication \| finding \| flight \| freeing \| furnishment \| gay liberation \| getaway \| gifting \| giving \| grant \| granting \| impartation \| impartment \| intermission \| investiture \| issuance \| issue \| jailbreak \| leak \| leakage \| lease and release \| liberality \| liberation \| lifesaving \| manumission \| offer \| order \| outlet \| precedent \| presentation \| presentment \| prisonbreak \| prognosis \| pronouncement \| provision \| purgation \| purge \| purging \| ransom \| recovery \| redemption \| release \| removal \| reprieve \| rescue \| resolution \| respite \| retrieval \| riddance \| ruling \| sale \| salvage \| salvation \| saving \| sentence \| setting at liberty \| setting-free \| settlement \| settling \| subscription \| supplying \| surcease \| surrender \| suspension \| trading \| transfer \| transference \| transmission \| transmittal \| vent \| verdict \| vesting \| vouchsafement See Also \| lifesaving \| reclamation \| recovery \| redemption \| reformation \| retrieval \| salvage \| salvation \| search and rescue mission Deliverance In Webster's Dictionary \Deliv"erance\, n. [F. d['e]livrance, fr. d['e]livrer.] 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. --Luke iv. 18. One death or one deliverance we will share. --Dryden. 2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] --Shak. 3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] --Shak. Note: In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used. 4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. I do desire deliverance from these officers. --Shak. 5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.] 6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.

Deliverance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deliverance?

[n] recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deliverance: delivery | rescue | saving

Deliverance In Webster's Dictionary

\De*liv"er*ance\, n. [F. d['e]livrance, fr.
d['e]livrer.]
1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint,
   captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the
   deliverance of a captive.

         He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to
         preach deliverance to the captives.   --Luke iv. 18.

         One death or one deliverance we will share.
                                               --Dryden.

2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] --Shak.

3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] --Shak.

Note: In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word
      more commonly used.

4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.

         I do desire deliverance from these officers. --Shak.

5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or
   decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]

6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested
   or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical
   datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.

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