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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deliverance n : recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind" or "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: {rescue}, {delivery}, {saving}]
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