deliverance

[ dih-liv-er-uhns ]

noun

1. an act or instance of delivering.
2. salvation.
3. liberation.
4. a thought or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement.

deliverance

/ dɪˈlɪvərəns /

noun

1. a formal pronouncement or expression of opinion
2. rescue from moral corruption or evil; salvation
3. See delivery
   another word for delivery delivery delivery

Other Words From

• nonde·liver·ance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deliverance¹

1250–1300; Middle English deliveraunce < Old French delivrance, equivalent to delivr ( er ) to deliver + -ance -ance

Example Sentences

Together, the trio finds ecstasy in small things—like homegrown tomatoes—and deliverance after brutal heartbreak.

From Time

In that dire moment, Ives did not pray for safe deliverance.

From Outside Online

When the ragtag company finally reaches the castle, the young lady needing deliverance turns out to be — surely you saw this coming — the very one whose gown Marsac nearly trod on.

From Washington Post

Although I do take great pride in the latter, nothing comes close to providing me the solace, sometimes even deliverance, as some of my flights into the corner realms of theoretical physics.

From Nautilus

His deliverance from this nightmare flew less than two hundred feet above him.

From Time

But the deliverance and liberation that has been longed for by Jews and Christians has proven to be an elusive thing.

From The Daily Beast

But for some teens ISIS seems to symbolize power and purpose, a great drama promising deliverance from the humdrum.

From The Daily Beast

The Queen of Sweden led 6,000 peasants to prayer at a cathedral for deliverance.

From The Daily Beast

The informal church, operating out of trailer homes and storefronts, refers to the process of casting out demons as “deliverance.”

From The Daily Beast

His books include Securing the City, Summer of Deliverance, Expats, and With the Contras.

From The Daily Beast

Alice Arden, you little dream of the man and the route by which, possibly, deliverance is speeding to you.

From Project Gutenberg

His first hard struggle for deliverance was coincident with his last hour of earthly peace.

From Project Gutenberg

He saw Lettice and his cousin helping towards this exquisite deliverance somehow.

From Project Gutenberg

I am bound to it for my life; it will take longer than a life to effect deliverance.

From Project Gutenberg

So Planner spake, scarcely crediting his good fortune, and almost mad with joy at his deliverance.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• emancipation
• salvation