Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section II. Prospective Volition
3. Contingent Subservience

672. Deliverance.

   NOUN:DELIVERANCE, extrication, rescue, ransom; reprieve, reprieval [rare], respite; armistice, truce; liberation [See Liberation]; emancipation; redemption, redeemableness, salvation; exemption; day of grace; riddance; jail (or gaol) delivery.
   VERB:DELIVER, extricate, rescue, save, free, liberate, set free, release, emancipate, redeem, ransom; bring -off, – through; tirer d’affaire [F.], get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue; rid; retrieve (restore) [See Restoration]; be -, get- rid of.
   ADJECTIVE:saved &c. v.; extricable, redeemable, rescuable.
   INTERJECTION:to the rescue! a rescue! saved!    QUOTATION:In the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy.—Merchant of Venice