2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deliverance \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
deliverance
n : recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the
deliverance of mankind" or "a surgeon's job is the saving
of lives" [syn: {rescue}, {delivery}, {saving}]
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