deliverance
noun
[ dɪˈlɪv(ə)r(ə)ns ]
• the action of being rescued or set free.
• "prayers for deliverance"
Similar:
liberation,
release,
freeing,
rescue,
delivery,
discharge,
ransom,
emancipation,
salvation,
redemption,
manumission,
• a formal or authoritative utterance.
• "the low drawl he employed for such deliverances"
Similar:
utterance,
statement,
announcement,
pronouncement,
declaration,
proclamation,
lecture,
sermon,
speech,
oration,
disquisition,
peroration,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French delivrance, from the verb delivrer (see deliver).
