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Deliverance vs Acquittal - What's the difference?

deliverance | acquittal |

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

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.
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  • , 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

    acquittal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • Antonyms

    * conviction * condemnation