deliverance

Noun

deliverance (countable and uncountable, plural deliverances)

1. The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
   • Now, another fella told me he had a sister who looked just fine
     Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance
     To a cat named Frankenstein.1963, Sam Cooke, “Another Saturday Night”, in Ain't That Good News
   • Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, Exodus 14:13
2. The act of delivering or conveying something.
   • They put the act upon the statute-book. But—by a strange deliverance of affairs—none of these objects were accomplished.1892 June, Appleton Morgan, “Wanted: A Railway Court of Last Resort”, in Popular Science Monthly
   • "We're right on schedule as far as the deliverance of those bins is concerned and everybody will have both of their bins ready to start both collections in early December," he said.1994 November 2, The Canberra Times, page 2, column 6

   Synonyms:

   delivery

3. Delivery in childbirth.