deliverance

English

Alternative forms

delivraunce (obsolete)
deliveraunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French deliverance (French délivrance), from delivrer +‎ -ance

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪvɹəns/

Noun

deliverance (countable and uncountable, plural deliverances)

Act of delivering or conveying something.
Delivery in childbirth.
Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.
- 2012 January 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, page 87:
  In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.

Synonyms

(act of delivering, something delivered): delivery

Translations

Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered

French: délivrance (fr) f
Galician: entrega f
German: Auslieferung (de) f, Abgabe (de) f
Greek: παράδοση (el) f (parádosi)

Portuguese: entrega (pt) f
Russian: спасе́ние (ru) (spasénije), избавле́ние (ru) (izbavlénije)
Spanish: entrega (es) f

Extrication from danger, imprisonment, etc.

Armenian: ազատում (hy) (azatum), փրկում (hy) (pʿrkum)
Dutch: bevrijding (nl) f, verlossing (nl) f
German: Erlösung (de) f, Befreiung (de) f
Greek: σωτηρία (el) f (sotiría)

Italian: liberazione (it) f
Portuguese: livramento m, resgate (pt) m
Scottish Gaelic: saoradh m
Spanish: salvación (es) f, liberación (es) f

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} избавяне (bg) n (izbavjane), ^{(please verify)} освобождение (bg) n (osvoboždenie)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} anacal m

Italian: ^{(please verify)} consegnato (it), ^{(please verify)} verdetto (it) m, ^{(please verify)} parto (it) m

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