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deliverance

[dih-liv-er-uhns] / dɪˈlɪv ər əns /


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A people can’t cry out for deliverance while refusing correction or ask God for justice while excusing wrongdoing in its own ranks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Many Venezuelans are hoping for a deliverance, but not, it seems, at the cost of selling off the country’s riches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

Dr Bray is one of four deliverance ministers in Cardiff who are called upon to investigate reports of paranormal and supernatural activity on behalf of the Church in Wales.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

Twenty Amazon boxes deposited in my daughter's dorm room and left scattered on the twin XL bed, my final deliverance.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2024

Perhaps a few, the younger arid more foolish who still believed that the gods heard the prayers of desperate men, took it for deliverance.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin