Definitions for: Deliverance


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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: delivery, rescue, saving

See Also: lifesaving, reclamation, recovery, redemption, reformation, retrieval, salvage, salvation, search and rescue mission

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