noun
- The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail. )
- usage: "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
- synonyms: bringing
- The event of giving birth.
- usage: "she had a difficult delivery"
- Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally.
- usage: "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
- synonyms: manner of speaking, speech
- The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another.
- synonyms: livery, legal transfer
- Baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter.
- synonyms: pitch
- Recovery or preservation from loss or danger.
- usage: "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
- synonyms: rescue, deliverance, saving
- The act of delivering a child.
- synonyms: obstetrical delivery
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