delivery

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of DELIVERY

a freeing from an obligation or responsibility <the school bell signaled our delivery from the tortures of math class>

Synonyms delivery, discharge, quietus, quittance

Related Words dispensation, exemption, immunity, waiver

the act or process of giving birth to children <her second delivery took only three hours>

Synonyms accouchement, childbearing, delivery, labor, parturition, travail

Related Words birth pang, contraction, pains; pregnancy; abortion, miscarriage; cesarean section (or caesarean section), natural childbirth; childbed, confinement, lying-in

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