deliverance

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of delivering or conveying something.
3. (countable, uncountable) Delivery in childbirth.

Synonyms

rescue

liberation

release

salvation

freedom

redemption

escape

extrication

riddance

parturition

saving

labor

emancipation

relief

exemption

delivery

acquittal

acquittance

protection

liberty

absolution

exoneration

reclaim

nirvana

releasement

expression

rédemption

birthing

cleansing

countenance

defence

dispensation

enunciation

extricate

immunity

imprisonment

locution

manumission

preservation

quietus

quittance

remission

rescuing

succour

utterance

granting immunity

Nirvana

release from human affairs

getting rid

jail delivery

Translations

délivrance

Erlösung

liberación

entrega

accouchement

libération

travail

liberazione

σωτηρία

απαλλαγή

verlossing

Befreiung

libertação

خلاص

enfantement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪvɹəns/

Etymology

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