deliverance B2 Topic:Abstract Ideas US /dɪˈlɪvɝəns/ UK /dɪˈlɪvɹəns/ See IPA manual Freq #23229 Meanings 1 noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger Work is the deliverance of mankind. 2 noun The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc. Now, another fella told me he had a sister who looked just fine Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance To a cat named Frankenstein. 3 noun The act of delivering or conveying something. They put the act upon the statute-book. But—by a strange deliverance of affairs—none of these objects were accomplished. 4 noun Delivery in childbirth. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · recovery or preservation... delivery 3 noun · the act of delivering or... delivery Word family Derived forms nondeliveranceredeliverance Etymology From Old French deliverance (French délivrance), equivalent to deliver + -ance. Topics Abstract Ideas External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # deliverance **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈlɪvɝəns/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈlɪvɹəns/ **Frequency rank:** 23229 ## Meanings 1. recovery or preservation from loss or danger 2. The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc. 3. The act of delivering or conveying something. 4. Delivery in childbirth. ## Examples - Work is the deliverance of mankind. - Now, another fella told me he had a sister who looked just fine Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance To a cat named Frankenstein. - They put the act upon the statute-book. But—by a strange deliverance of affairs—none of these objects were accomplished. ## Derived Forms - nondeliverance - redeliverance ## Etymology From Old French deliverance (French délivrance), equivalent to deliver + -ance. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas markdown