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.
Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] Shak.
Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] Shak.
The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak.
Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]
Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.
98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.