deliver
To set free from restraint or danger.
Example
“The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.”
Other meanings
Senses having to do with birth.
To assist in the birth of.
Synonyms
- rescue
Related words
- codeliver
- deliverability
- deliverance
- deliveree
- deliverer
- deliveress
- deliverly
- deliverness
- deliverology
- misdeliver
- outdeliver
- overdeliver
Word history
From Latin "dē".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “deliver” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.