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Webster 1913 Edition
Deliverance
De-liv′er-ance
,Noun.
[F.
délivrance
, fr. délivrer
.] 1.
The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue;
as, the
. deliverance
of a captiveHe 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.
☞ 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. Shakespeare
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 consciousnessWebster 1828 Edition
Deliverance
DELIVERANCE
, n.1.
Release from captivity, slavery, oppression, or any restraint.He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke 4.
2.
Rescue from danger or any evil.God sent me to save your lives by a great deliverance. Gen. 45:7.
3.
The act of bringing forth children.4.
The act of giving or transferring from one to another.5.
The act of speaking or pronouncing; utterance. [In the three last senses, delivery is now used.]6.
Acquittal of a prisoner, by the verdict of a jury. God send you a good deliverance.Definition 2024
deliverance
deliverance
English
Alternative forms
- delivraunce (obsolete)
- deliveraunce (obsolete)
Noun
deliverance (plural deliverances)
- Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.
- Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.
- 2012 January 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 87:
- In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
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Synonyms
- (act of delivering, something delivered): delivery
Translations
Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
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Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
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