self-deliverance
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-deliverance
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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I was not going to lie there meekly without making at least an effort at self-deliverance.
From Dead Men Tell No Tales by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
The more real and oppressive the fit of fear the more enjoyable is the subsequent self-deliverance by a perspicacious laugh likely to be.
From Children's Ways by James Sully
He thanked God in his heart for his self-deliverance; though he shuddered at the manner in which it was wrought.
From The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Horatio Alger
Then a mad hope invaded her; and, slowly, patiently, she began the work of self-deliverance.
From The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
"Leave him to me," he had said, and then the strength and weakness, and ruthless heat, and utter self-deliverance of his nature leaped to their height, and nerved him with deadly passion.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
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