Deliverance

/dɪˈlɪvɹəns/ · noun

Meaning

The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
2. The act of delivering or conveying something.
3. Delivery in childbirth.

Example Sentences

Now, another fella told me he had a sister who looked just fine Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance To a cat named Frankenstein.

Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.

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.

They put the act upon the statute-book. But—by a strange deliverance of affairs—none of these objects were accomplished.

"We're right on schedule as far as the deliverance of those bins is concerned and everybody will have both of their bins ready to start both collections in early December," he said.

Voluntary contributions are no longer supplementary to the deliverance of basic education requirements in many primary schools - they are essential, according to a recent survey by the ACT Councils of Parents and Citizens Associations Inc.

Huge non-recoupable advance, majors be vigilant / I excel in both content and deliverance

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Word Forms

• deliverances
• delivraunce
• deliveraunce

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