DELIVERANCE, n.
1. Release from captivity, slavery, oppression, or any restraint.
He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke 4 .
2. Rescue from danger or any evil.
God sent me to save your lives by a great deliverance. Genesis 45:7 .
3. The act of bringing forth children.
4. The act of giving or transferring from one to another.
5. The act of speaking or pronouncing utterance. In the three last senses, delivery is now used.
6. Acquittal of a prisoner, by the verdict of a jury. God send you a good deliverance.
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