deliverance

n. [ F. délivrance, fr. délivrer. ] 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of bringing forth children. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Act of speaking; utterance. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]