deliverance
The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etcThe act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
» Lucy lay senseless on the ground, insensible of the wonderful deliverance which she had experienced.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
Erlösung, Befreiung
спасе́ниеspasénije, избавле́ниеizbavlénije
(countable, uncountable)The act of delivering or conveying something.
Auslieferung, Abgabe
доста́вкаdostávka, приво́зprivóz
(countable, uncountable)Delivery in childbirth.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
Examples
1 sentencesLucy lay senseless on the ground, insensible of the wonderful deliverance which she had experienced.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Old French deliverance (French délivrance), equivalent to deliver + -ance.From Old French deliverance (French délivrance), equivalent to deliver + -ance.
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Forms
plural: deliverances| Singular | deliverance |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable