deliverance

American  

[dih-liv-er-uhns] / dɪˈlɪv ər əns /

noun

1. an act or instance of delivering.

2. salvation.

3. liberation.

4. a thought or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement.

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deliverance British  

/ dɪˈlɪvərəns /

noun

1. a formal pronouncement or expression of opinion

2. rescue from moral corruption or evil; salvation

3. another word for delivery delivery delivery

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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

A people can’t cry out for deliverance while refusing correction or ask God for justice while excusing wrongdoing in its own ranks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many Venezuelans are hoping for a deliverance, but not, it seems, at the cost of selling off the country’s riches.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Related Words

• emancipation
• salvation