noun. 
                    The act of setting free; release or rescue, as from captivity, oppression, danger, or evil of any kind.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    Acquittal of a prisoner by the verdict of a jury.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    Parturition; childbirth; delivery.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    Hence The act of disburdening of anything; especially, the act of disburdening the mind by uttering one's thoughts.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    The act of giving or transferring from one to another.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    Utterance; declaration; also, a particular statement, especially of opinion; specifically, an authoritative or official utterance by speech or writing; a decision in a controversy.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    In Scots law, the expressed decision of a judge or an arbitrator, interim or final. When interim, it is technically called an interlocutor.