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deliverance

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈlɪvɹəns/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 L IH1 V ER0 AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D IH0 L IH1 V R AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of delivering or conveying something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delivery

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Delivery in childbirth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

recovery or preservation from loss or danger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • work is the deliverance of mankind
  • a surgeon's job is the saving of lives

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rescue, delivery, saving

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recovery, retrieval

Narrower terms: lifesaving, redemption, salvation, reclamation, reformation, salvage, search and rescue mission

History

Etymology

From Old French deliverance (French délivrance), equivalent to deliver + -ance.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: délivrance — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Galician: entrega — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • German: Auslieferung — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • German: Abgabe — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Greek: παράδοση (parádosi) — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Irish: fuascailt — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Portuguese: entrega — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Russian: доста́вка (dostávka) — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Russian: приво́з (privóz) — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Spanish: entrega — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Swedish: leverans — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Welsh: achubiaeth — Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered
  • Armenian: ազատում (azatum) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Armenian: փրկում (pʻrkum) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Bengali: রেহাই (rehai) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Bulgarian: избавяне (izbavjane) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Bulgarian: освобождение (osvoboždenie) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Czech: vysvobození — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Czech: vykoupení — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Dutch: bevrijding — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Dutch: verlossing — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Finnish: pelastus — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • German: Erlösung — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • German: Befreiung — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Greek: σωτηρία (sotiría) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Irish: fuascailt — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Italian: liberazione — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Portuguese: livramento — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Portuguese: resgate — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Portuguese: salvação — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Russian: спасе́ние (spasénije) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Russian: избавле́ние (izbavlénije) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Scottish Gaelic: saoradh — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Spanish: salvación — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Spanish: liberación — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Swedish: förlossning — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Ottoman Turkish: نجات (necât) — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
  • Welsh: achubiaeth — Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.
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