English > deliverance: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | recovery or preservation from loss or danger. |
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| Example | "work is the deliverance of mankind" |
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| Synonyms | rescue, delivery, saving |
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| Narrower | lifesaving | saving / saving the lives of drowning persons |
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| reclamation, reformation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course |
| redemption, salvation | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil / evil |
| salvage | The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire |
| salvage | The act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction |
| salvation | saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation |
| search and rescue mission | A rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them |
| Broader | recovery, retrieval | The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) |
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| Spanish | entrega, liberación, preservación, rescate, salvación, salvamento |
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| Catalan | preservació, rescat, salvament |
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| Verbs | deliver | free from harm or evil |
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