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[ dih-liv-er-uhns ] / dɪˈlɪv ər əns / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deliverance ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan act or instance of delivering. salvation. liberation. a thought or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement. Origin of deliverance1250–1300; Middle English deliveraunce<Old French delivrance, equivalent to delivr( er) to deliver + -ance-ance OTHER WORDS FROM deliverancenon·de·liv·er·ance, nounWords nearby deliverancedelitescent, Delium, Delius, deliver, deliverable, deliverance, delivered price, deliverly, deliver the goods, delivery, delivery boy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for deliveranceThe Queen of Sweden led 6,000 peasants to prayer at a cathedral for deliverance. The Volcano That Rewrote History|William O’Connor|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST The informal church, operating out of trailer homes and storefronts, refers to the process of casting out demons as “deliverance.” Possessed by PTSD, A Veteran Uses Exorcisms to Cast Out His Demons|Brian Van Reet|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST His books include Securing the City, Summer of Deliverance, Expats, and With the Contras. The Hero Summit 2013 Speakers||September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Priests in Paris and self-proclaimed prophets in New England urged followers to appeal to God for deliverance from the weather. The Year Without Summer and Climate Change Today|Mark Hertsgaard|March 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The word derives from the Latin verb "deprecare," meaning to pray for deliverance from something evil or from a calamity. Busted by The Language Cops|David Frum|April 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST The chapter of Notre-Dame had an anthem sung every day for my deliverance. The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete|Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz But not his deliverance, though even then remorse struck him. The woman manifestly surrendered her last scruple at his deliverance. When you are in a dark prison cell, waiting for deliverance, it seems a lifetime. Within Prison Walls|Thomas Mott Osborne She ordered them to lie down in the tall, wet grass, and here she prayed again, and waited for deliverance. Harriet, The Moses of Her People|Sarah H. Bradford
British Dictionary definitions for deliverance
nouna formal pronouncement or expression of opinion rescue from moral corruption or evil; salvation another word for delivery (def. 3), delivery (def. 4), delivery (def. 5) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to deliveranceemancipation, salvation, freeing, saving, rescue, delivery, acquittal, release, redemption, extrication |