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Webster 1913 Edition
Deliverance
De-liv′er-ance
,Noun.
[F.
délivrance
, fr. délivrer
.] 1.
The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue;
as, the
. deliverance
of a captiveHe 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.
☞ 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. Shakespeare
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 consciousnessWebster 1828 Edition
Deliverance
DELIVERANCE
, n.1.
Release from captivity, slavery, oppression, or any restraint.He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke 4.
2.
Rescue from danger or any evil.God sent me to save your lives by a great deliverance. Gen. 45:7.
3.
The act of bringing forth children.4.
The act of giving or transferring from one to another.5.
The act of speaking or pronouncing; utterance. [In the three last senses, delivery is now used.]6.
Acquittal of a prisoner, by the verdict of a jury. God send you a good deliverance.