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(), n.[F. dlivrance, fr. dlivrer.] 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18. One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden. 2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] Shak. 3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] Shak. In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used. 4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak. 5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.] 6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. スポンサード リンク
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