Deliverance vs Amnesty - What's the difference?
deliverance | amnesty | Related terms |
Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.
Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.
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Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
To grant a pardon (to a group)
Deliverance is a related term of amnesty.
As a noun deliverance
is act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.As a proper noun amnesty is
(amnesty international), a uk-based charity.deliverance
English
Alternative forms
* delivraunce (obsolete) * deliveraunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)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.}}