delivery

Noun

• the act of delivering a child

• recovery or preservation from loss or danger
  • work is the deliverance of mankind
    
  • a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
    

• (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

• the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

• your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
  • his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
    
  • her speech was barren of southernisms
    
  • I detected a slight accent in his speech
    

• the event of giving birth
  • she had a difficult delivery
    

• the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
  • his reluctant delivery of bad news
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  obstetrical delivery , rescue , deliverance , saving , pitch , livery , legal transfer , manner of speaking , speech , bringing