Deliverance
noun
The act of being set free or saved from a difficult or dangerous situation.
After days of being trapped, the climbers were grateful for their deliverance by the rescue team.
Often appears as...
- divine deliverance
- pray for deliverance
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Formal
noun
A formal or authoritative statement.
The council's deliverance on the issue caused widespread controversy.
Often appears as...
- deliverance of judgment
- deliverance of verdict
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Formal
Legal
noun
The act of being set free or saved from a difficult or dangerous situation.
After days of being trapped, the climbers were grateful for their deliverance by the rescue team.
Often appears as...
- divine deliverance
- pray for deliverance
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A formal or authoritative statement.
The council's deliverance on the issue caused widespread controversy.
Often appears as...
- deliverance of judgment
- deliverance of verdict
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Use
Can symbolize emotional or spiritual release, not just physical rescue.
After the verdict, the accused felt a sense of deliverance from all the accusations.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies a positive outcome such as relief, often used in hopeful or optimistic contexts.
The villagers celebrated the deliverance of their lands from the flood waters.
Pro Tip 3/3Dramatic Scenarios
Often used in narratives or news about overcoming extreme situations.
The deliverance of the miners was nothing short of miraculous.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Use
Can symbolize emotional or spiritual release, not just physical rescue.
After the verdict, the accused felt a sense of deliverance from all the accusations.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies a positive outcome such as relief, often used in hopeful or optimistic contexts.
The villagers celebrated the deliverance of their lands from the flood waters.
Pro Tip 3/3Dramatic Scenarios
Often used in narratives or news about overcoming extreme situations.
The deliverance of the miners was nothing short of miraculous.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Use
Can symbolize emotional or spiritual release, not just physical rescue.
After the verdict, the accused felt a sense of deliverance from all the accusations.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Implies a positive outcome such as relief, often used in hopeful or optimistic contexts.
The villagers celebrated the deliverance of their lands from the flood waters.
Pro Tip 3/3Dramatic Scenarios
Often used in narratives or news about overcoming extreme situations.
The deliverance of the miners was nothing short of miraculous.
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The Exhilarating Peace...
And I focus on that, on the present moment. Because if I think about the surface, I panic. And if I panic, it's over. Time goes faster this way. And at 30 deliverance. I'm not alone any more.
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The Exhilarating Peace...
And I focus on that, on the present moment. Because if I think about the surface, I panic. And if I panic, it's over. Time goes faster this way. And at 30 deliverance. I'm not alone any more.
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Quote examples
George Muller
English Clergyman
The more I am in a position to be tried in faith with reference to my body, my family, my service for the Lord, my business, etc., the more shall I have opportunity of seeing God's help and deliverance; and every fresh instance, in which He helps and delivers me, will tend towards the increase of my faith.
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Anita Bryant
American Singer
Let us continue to reach out in godly love to all homosexuals who want deliverance, while opposing at the threshold every attempt of the militant homosexuals to represent their lifestyle as 'normal,' and to impose it on us and our children.
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T. B. Joshua
Nigerian Clergyman
As for T.B. Joshua, I am a descendant of my family in Arigidi-Akoko in Ondo State, Nigeria - but as for the divine nature, the power of God affects my life to give peace to people, deliverance to people, and healing to people.
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Kathleen Battle
American Actress
In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom.
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Francis Scott Key
American Author
Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?
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Edwin Louis Cole
American Author
God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you.
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Bubba Sparxxx
American Musician
Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.
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George A. Smith
American Clergyman
Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity!
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Edwin Arnold
English Poet
Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Liberation is not deliverance.
Quote examples
George Muller
English Clergyman
The more I am in a position to be tried in faith with reference to my body, my family, my service for the Lord, my business, etc., the more shall I have opportunity of seeing God's help and deliverance; and every fresh instance, in which He helps and delivers me, will tend towards the increase of my faith.
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Anita Bryant
American Singer
Let us continue to reach out in godly love to all homosexuals who want deliverance, while opposing at the threshold every attempt of the militant homosexuals to represent their lifestyle as 'normal,' and to impose it on us and our children.
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T. B. Joshua
Nigerian Clergyman
As for T.B. Joshua, I am a descendant of my family in Arigidi-Akoko in Ondo State, Nigeria - but as for the divine nature, the power of God affects my life to give peace to people, deliverance to people, and healing to people.
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Kathleen Battle
American Actress
In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom.
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Francis Scott Key
American Author
Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?
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Edwin Louis Cole
American Author
God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you.
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Bubba Sparxxx
American Musician
Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.
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George A. Smith
American Clergyman
Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity!
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Edwin Arnold
English Poet
Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Liberation is not deliverance.
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