n. The act of setting free; the act of freeing from bondage, danger, or evil of any kind; release; rescue; deliverance.n. A giving or passing from one to another; the act of transferring or handing over to another: as, the delivery of goods or of a deed; the delivery of a parcel or a letter.n. Surrender; a giving up.n. In law, the placing of one person in legal possession of a thing by another.n. Aid given in the act of parturition; the bringing forth of offspring; childbirth.n. Utterance; enunciation; manner of speaking or singing.n. The act of sending or putting forth; emission; discharge: as, the delivery of the ball in base-ball, cricket, etc.; the delivery of fire or of a charge in battle; the delivery of a blow from the shoulder.n. Capacity for pouring out or disburdening of contents: as, the delivery of a pipe.n. Free motion or use of the limbs; activity; agility.n. In founding, allowance or free play given to a pattern so that it can be readily lifted from the mold. Also called draw-taper.n. In a cotton-mill, the quantity of sliver delivered from a machine.