Deliverance vs Acquittal - What's the difference?
deliverance | acquittal |
Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.
Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.
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(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
(rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
As nouns the difference between deliverance and acquittal
is that deliverance is act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered while acquittal is .deliverance
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Alternative forms
* delivraunce (obsolete) * deliveraunce (obsolete)Noun
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