| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | becoming alive |
Synonyms: |
act of God, bearing, beginning, birthing, blessed event, childbearing, childbirth, creation, delivery, labor, nascency, natality, nativity, parturition, producing, travail, visit from stork |
Antonyms: |
death |
| Main Entry: | blessed event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | live birth of a child |
Synonyms: |
birth, birthing, childbirth, delivery, happy event, natality, parturition, visit from the stork |
| Main Entry: | lying-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | birth |
Synonyms: |
accouchement, act of God, bearing, beginning, birthing, blessed event, childbearing, childbirth, creation, delivery, labor, nascency, natality, nativity, parturition, producing, travail, visit from stork |