deliverance

noun

di-ˈli-v(ə-)rən(t)s How to pronounce deliverance (audio)
Definition of deliverancenext
1
as in salvation
the saving from danger or evil the farmers prayed for deliverance from the drought

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2
as in verdict
a position arrived at after consideration the jury's deliverance shocked the courtroom

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Recent Examples of deliverance Soon there’s a birthday party, Valentine’s Day, a brit bat (aka a baby-naming ceremony), Purim (a celebration of Jewish deliverance casually referred to as Jewish Halloween), and a game night at a beer garden. — Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 23 May 2026 Is artificial intelligence a crisis or a deliverance. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 My turn finally came when Apostles Jason & Sonia took me under their wing as their spiritual daughter and set me up with a deliverance session. — Midsi Sanchez, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 Jewish believers have had to come to terms with the inarguable truth that the story of the Hebrew enslavement, flight, and deliverance from Egypt is almost entirely mythical. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deliverance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverance
  1. salvation
  2. verdict
  3. rescue
  4. decision
  5. conclusion
  6. opinion
  7. determination
  8. judgment
Noun
  • When something as harmless as double texting is seen as a cringey faux pas, salvation takes a backseat to saving face.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • What began as an academic dispute became a public controversy, and questions about indulgences soon expanded into larger debates about salvation, Scripture, and papal authority.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of salvation
Noun
  • Juries returned a verdict of death for Paige Lawyer, Christopher Turner and Jason Thornburg.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Brown pushed back on the idea that the survey’s lower well-being measures amount to a negative Gaston County verdict.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of verdict
Noun
  • When it was decided that the situation could no longer continue, the SWAT commander launched a hostage rescue operation — the most dangerous, high-stress operation a SWAT team is called to do, Mekosch said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Also according to the emergency service, consecutive Russian strikes on a shopping center in Kharkiv injured four people late on Saturday, including three rescue workers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of rescue
Noun
  • Whether Riley will actually have a say in that decision remains to be seen.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Her husband also wrote a letter to the editor of the Tribune this month pleading for a reversal of the university’s decision.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of decision
Noun
  • As questions piled up, investigators reached a single, clear conclusion.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • His conclusion was that the chatbot has probably never lived a life that needed cinema.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of conclusion
Noun
  • The November election won't settle the tension between firearm freedoms and restrictions, but ballot questions in the two states will provide a gauge of public opinion.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The November election won't settle the tension between firearm freedoms and restrictions, but the ballot questions will provide a gauge of public opinion.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of opinion
Noun
  • Sandy’s medical expenses were submitted to Kaiser for possible reimbursement; a determination remains pending.
    — Lance B. Fulford, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The federal government will then issue its final determinations, and what happens next will be unexplored legal territory.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of determination
Noun
  • The two are jointly responsible for the judgment, meaning the same losses cannot be collected twice.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The enterprises that lead in the agentic era will be those that design the clearest relationship between human judgment and machine execution—and earn the trust to scale it.
    — Jo Debecker, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of judgment

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“Deliverance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverance. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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