deliverances

noun

plural of deliverance
1
as in salvations
the saving from danger or evil the farmers prayed for deliverance from the drought

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverances
  1. rescues
  2. decisions
  3. verdicts
  4. conclusions
  5. opinions
  6. determinations
Noun
  • The rescues have mostly been of swimmers not properly judging the strong currents.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The death toll included more than 400 police officers, firefighters and other responders who rushed to the scene to rescue some 50,000 office workers – one of the greatest emergency rescues in history.
    — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of rescues
Noun
  • McKee maintains that his decisions kept people safe and that the bridge construction will be finished by 2028.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The latest proposal cites legal decisions and policies to justify the various changes.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • According to Ashton & Price, the firm has recovered more than $350 million through verdicts and settlements over the years.
    — Matt Emma, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The jury returned majority verdicts after deliberating for six hours and 29 minutes, the outlets reported.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of verdicts
Noun
  • Does this first narrative feature from accomplished documentarian Lance Oppenheim draw new conclusions?
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The majority presented its ruling, which rejected the conclusions of two lower courts, as interim and limited.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • The Moon opposes powerful Pluto, creating tension between your creative instincts and the opinions of friends, coworkers, or a larger group.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • And a lot of them, of course, will use the film as a tool to defend their opinions.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • Yet this time, CDC political leadership questioned the state’s determinations in a politicized social media post and delayed adding the deaths to the national dashboard.
    — Demetre Daskalakis, STAT, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The move publicly challenges the accuracy of the state’s death determinations in an extraordinary move that breaks precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death determinations, not the CDC.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of determinations
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“Deliverances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverances. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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