n. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor: as, “pains of child-birth,”
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n. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
Word Usage
"After Mollie died in childbirth, leaving Max with a baby daughter, Sophie and William Pearson took the baby into their own family, and raised her with their own son and daughters (including Granny)."