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Deliverance - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Deliverance : (noun)
1: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the
deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving
of lives" [syn: rescue, delivery, saving]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Deliverance : \De*liv"er*ance\, n. [F. d['e]livrance, fr.
d['e]livrer.]
1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint,
captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the
deliverance of a captive.
He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives. --Luke iv. 18.
One death or one deliverance we will share.
--Dryden.
2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] --Shak.
3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] --Shak.
Note: In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word
more commonly used.
4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.
I do desire deliverance from these officers. --Shak.
5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or
decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]
6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested
or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical
datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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DELIVERANCE, Practice. A term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner
who is arraigned and pleads not guilty to whom he wishes a good deliverance.
In modern practice this is seldom used.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Deliverance |
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bookmooch: A Great Deliverance: Elizabeth George http://bookmooch.com/0553278029 #straforelli #FR #thril |
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JodyFlowers09: "Not to be occupied with your sin but to be fully occupied with God brings Deliverance from self." -Andrew Murray |
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harryscheeler: Wtf a 3 hour delay in Deliverance N.C. You cant see a thing were in the middle of the woods here. |
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