Sailor going around Virginia with charge for deliverance (9)
I believe the answer is:
salvation
'deliverance' is the definition.
(salvation is a kind of deliverance)
'sailor going around virginia with charge' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'salt' (salt is a kind of sailor).
'going around' indicates putting letters inside.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'charge' becomes 'ion' (an ion is a charged particle).
'salt' going around 'va' is 'salvat'.
'salvat'+'ion'='SALVATION'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for salvation that I've seen before include "sanctuary" , "Deliverance from evil" , "Alias on TV (anag) - Christian's aim?" , "Redemption" , "Preservation from evil" .)