01 n. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.
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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.
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Act of bringing forth children.[Archaic]
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Act of speaking; utterance.[Archaic]
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The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.“I do desire deliverance from these officers.” — Shak.
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Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly.[Scot.]
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Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.(Metaph.)