self-deliverance

[ self-di-liv-er-uhns ]

noun

Origin of self-deliverance

1
First recorded in 1990–95

Words Nearby self-deliverance

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How to use self-deliverance in a sentence

  • Then a mad hope invaded her; and, slowly, patiently, she began the work of self-deliverance.

  • I was not going to lie there meekly without making at least an effort at self-deliverance.

    Dead Men Tell No Tales | E. W. Hornung
  • He thanked God in his heart for his self-deliverance; though he shuddered at the manner in which it was wrought.

    The Young Adventurer | Horatio Alger