deliverance

[ dih-liv-er-uh ns ]

/ dɪˈlɪv ər əns /

an act or instance of delivering.

salvation.

liberation.

a thought or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement.

Origin of deliverance

1250–1300; Middle English deliveraunce < Old French delivrance, equivalent to delivr(er) to deliver + -ance -ance

non·de·liv·er·ance, noun

The Queen of Sweden led 6,000 peasants to prayer at a cathedral for deliverance.

The Volcano That Rewrote History |William O’Connor |May 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The informal church, operating out of trailer homes and storefronts, refers to the process of casting out demons as “deliverance.”

Possessed by PTSD, A Veteran Uses Exorcisms to Cast Out His Demons |Brian Van Reet |February 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His books include Securing the City, Summer of Deliverance, Expats, and With the Contras.

The Hero Summit 2013 Speakers | |September 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Priests in Paris and self-proclaimed prophets in New England urged followers to appeal to God for deliverance from the weather.

The Year Without Summer and Climate Change Today |Mark Hertsgaard |March 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The word derives from the Latin verb "deprecare," meaning to pray for deliverance from something evil or from a calamity.

Busted by The Language Cops |David Frum |April 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The chapter of Notre-Dame had an anthem sung every day for my deliverance.

The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete |Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
But not his deliverance, though even then remorse struck him.

Whirligigs |O. Henry
The woman manifestly surrendered her last scruple at his deliverance.

John Splendid |Neil Munro
When you are in a dark prison cell, waiting for deliverance, it seems a lifetime.

Within Prison Walls |Thomas Mott Osborne
She ordered them to lie down in the tall, wet grass, and here she prayed again, and waited for deliverance.

Harriet, The Moses of Her People |Sarah H. Bradford

deliverance

/ (dɪˈlɪvərəns) /

a formal pronouncement or expression of opinion

rescue from moral corruption or evil; salvation