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delivery

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of delivery

1 a freeing from an obligation or responsibility
  • The school bell signaled our delivery from math class.
Synonyms of delivery

discharge, quietus, quittance, release
Words Related to delivery

dispensation, exemption, immunity, waiver
2 the act or process of giving birth to children
  • Her second delivery took only three hours.
Synonyms of delivery

childbearing, childbirth, labor, parturition, travail
Words Related to delivery

birth pang, contraction, pains

pregnancy

abortion, miscarriage

cesarean section (or caesarean section), natural childbirth

childbed, confinement, lying-in

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