Definition of Deliverance

1. Noun. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger. "A surgeon's job is the saving of lives"


Definition of Deliverance

1. n. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

Definition of Deliverance

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Deliverance

1. 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. 3. Act of speaking; utterance. 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; especially, an opinion or decision expressed publicly. 6. Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. Origin: F. Delivrance, fr. Delivrer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deliverance

delirium tremens
delis
delish
delist
delisted
delisting
delists
delitescence
delitigate
Delius
deliver
deliver
deliverability
deliverable
deliverance (current term)
deliverance (current term)
deliverances
delivered
deliverer
deliverers
deliveress
deliveries
delivering
delivers
delivery
delivery
deliveryman
deliverymen
delivery boy
delivery of health care

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