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Absolution vs Deliverance - What's the difference?

absolution | deliverance | Related terms |

Absolution is a related term of deliverance.


As nouns the difference between absolution and deliverance

is that absolution is absolution while deliverance is act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.

absolution

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
  • Forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
  • The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
    • (Shipley)
  • An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
    • Government ... granting absolution to the nation.
  • (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
    • (Ben Jonson)

    Derived terms

    * Absolution day

    Related terms

    * absolute

    See also

    * indulgence

    References

    Anagrams

    * ----

    deliverance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * delivraunce (obsolete) * deliveraunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.
  • Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Philip E. Mirowski , title=Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits , volume=100, issue=1, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}

    Synonyms

    * delivery