Definitions for deliverance

deliverance de·liv·er·ance

Spelling: [dih-liv-er-uh ns]
IPA: /dɪˈlɪv ər əns/

Deliverance is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 878 anagrams from letters in deliverance (acdeeeilnrv).

Definitions for deliverance

noun

  1. an act or instance of delivering.
  2. salvation.
  3. liberation.
  4. 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

Examples for deliverance

If deliverance from Berlin was ever to come, it had come now.

The informal church, operating out of trailer homes and storefronts, refers to the process of casting out demons as “deliverance.”

Still, the fruits of that deed were the deliverance of Scotland.

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

Priests in Paris and self-proclaimed prophets in New England urged followers to appeal to God for deliverance from the weather.

Even then we needed to pray for deliverance from those passions which have since pursued us.

I earnestly thanked God for my deliverance on this occasion.

His books include Securing the City, Summer of deliverance, Expats, and With the Contras.

Nothing seemed left them—not even the desire of deliverance.

But the deliverance and liberation that has been longed for by Jews and Christians has proven to be an elusive thing.

Word Value for deliverance
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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