Thesaurus: delivery

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1. n. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
2. n. The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.
3. n. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.
4. n. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
5. n. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
6. n. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.
7. n. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
8. n. the event of giving birth
9. n. your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
10. n. the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
11. n. the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
12. n. recovery or preservation from loss or danger