deliverance

noun

1. an act or instance of delivering.
2. salvation.
3. liberation.
4. a thought or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement.

noun

1. a formal pronouncement or expression of opinion
2. rescue from moral corruption or evil; salvation
3. another word for delivery (def. 3), delivery (def. 4), delivery (def. 5)

n.

c.1300, “action of setting free” in physical or spiritual senses, from Old French deliverance (12c.), from délivrer (see deliver). Formerly also with senses now restricted to delivery.