De‐liv″er‐ance (?), 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.
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. Shak.
3. Act of speaking; utterance. 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.
6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.