deliverance
Rescue from peril
Deliverance is rescue or release from danger, captivity, or hardship.
The word carries a sense of salvation—being saved from something dire: The villagers prayed for deliverance from the flood.
It often appears in religious contexts, suggesting divine intervention: deliverance from evil.
The tone is elevated and somewhat old-fashioned; in everyday speech, people more often say rescue or escape.
Aerial journey by aircraft
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
abscond · getaway · exfiltration · refuge · sanctuary · narrow escape · close call · pursuit
Formal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- unshacklingRemoving fetters or constraints
civil rights · human rights · suffrage · equality · citizenship · self-determination · autonomy · independence
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- faithTrust without proof
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
absolution · repentance · forgiveness · sanctification · rebirth · conversion · blessing · mercy
Short pause from hardship
- releaseTo let go
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- solaceRelief from distress
alleviation · ease · suffering · hardship · tribulation · affliction · torment · anguish
One who rescues another
- lifesaverEmergency rescue person
- heroOne admired for courage
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- aidSupport given freely
assistance · evacuation · emergency · recovery · extrication · survivor · trapped · intervention
Profound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
nirvana · moksha · satori · spiritual freedom · release · ego death · higher consciousness · illumination
flight
Aerial journey by aircraft
flee · abscond · getaway · exfiltration · refuge · sanctuary · narrow escape · close call · pursuit · captor
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- freedomAbsence of constraint
unshackling · civil rights · human rights · suffrage · equality · citizenship · self-determination · autonomy · independence · empowerment
salvation
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- faithTrust without proof
atonement · absolution · repentance · forgiveness · sanctification · rebirth · conversion · blessing · mercy · savior
respite
Short pause from hardship
solace · alleviation · ease · suffering · hardship · tribulation · affliction · torment · anguish · ordeal
savior
One who rescues another
aid · assistance · evacuation · emergency · recovery · extrication · survivor · trapped · intervention · lifeline
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
transcendence · nirvana · moksha · satori · spiritual freedom · release · ego death · higher consciousness · illumination · bliss
- ExodusMoses, burning bush, ten commandments, Red Sea, ten plagues
- forgivenessforgiveness of sins, redemption, absolve, mercy, grace
- redemptionredemption arc, redeemed, forgiven, saved, moral redemption
- Rescue Storyhero, savior, rescue, escape, danger
- reliefrelief, phew, whew, ease, easing
- biblical themescreation, messiah, covenant, salvation, redemption
deliverancecaptivity
State of being confined
imprisonment · bondage · enslavement · incarceration · confinement
deliverancedamnation
Eternal punishment decree
perdition · condemnation · doom · abandonment · hellfire