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| Main Entry: | childbirth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving birth |
| Synonyms: | blessed event*, confinement, delivery, labor, parturition, procreation, producing, propagation, reproduction, travail, accouchement, bearing children, childbed, delivering, lying-in, nativity, parturience, visit from the stork |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blessed event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | live birth of a child |
| Synonyms: | birth, childbirth, delivery, parturition, birthing, happy event, natality, visit from the stork |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | becoming alive |
| Synonyms: | act of God, bearing, beginning, blessed event*, childbirth, creation, delivery, labor, parturition, producing, travail, birthing, childbearing, nascency, natality, nativity, visit from stork |
| Antonyms: | death |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delivery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | childbirth |
| Synonyms: | bearing, birth, confinement, labor, parturition, travail, Caesarian section, accouchement, birthing, bringing forth, childbearing, geniture, lying-in |
| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | childbirth process |
| Synonyms: | birth, delivery, parturition, travail, birth pangs, childbearing, contractions, giving birth, pains, throes |
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