deliverance
Americannoun
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an act or instance of delivering.
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a thought or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement.
noun
Other Word Forms
- nondeliverance noun
Etymology
Origin of deliverance
1250–1300; Middle English deliveraunce < Old French delivrance, equivalent to delivr ( er ) to deliver + -ance -ance
Example Sentences
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Mr. Dreisbach notes the powerful importance of the Exodus story of providential liberation and deliverance as the model for Americans’ rebellion against Britain’s pharaonic royalty.
L.A.’s nonchalant highhandedness can gall today as it did 101 years ago when it precipitated what secessionists hailed as the “day of deliverance” from the “imperial county.”
From Los Angeles Times
We sing a prayer, against the odds, against the tide, for deliverance from the evil within.
From Salon
We seek deliverance from our national malaise from anywhere and everywhere, to little avail.
From Los Angeles Times
Some in cardinal and gold waited for deliverance, as if it was assured.
From Los Angeles Times
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