redeliveryn.
/ˌriːdᵻˈlɪv(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌridəˈlɪv(ə)ri/, /ˌridiˈlɪv(ə)ri/ The action of returning something, restitution, restoration; an instance of this. Also: the action of delivering something again; a second or subsequent delivery.In quot. 1575: the action of setting free again, liberation.
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the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > [noun]
restitutiona1325
restoringa1382
restorance1389
restaurancea1400
restorec1400
reddition1449
relivery1463
restorementa1500
restorative?c1500
redeliverya1513
rendering1523
return1534
redeliverance1535
rembursement1579
retribution1583
restoration1608
restoral1611
repetition1649
returnal1651
rendition1652
regift1658
retradition1875
kickback1932
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun]
liberation?a1475
remission?a1475
freeing1492
redeliverya1513
solutiona1513
enfranchising1528
assertion1552
franchising1552
franchisement1562
affranchisement1608
enfranchisementa1616
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxv To ayde & assyst euery man after his power for ye Redelyuerey of their Prynce agayne.
1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. xiii. sig. h2 Payment or redelyuere of the goodes is a satisfaccyon.
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 40v Jacob prayed for the redeliuerie of Beniamin.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 161 A Repleuin which is a redeliuery of the distresse by the Sherife.
1668 Earl of Clarendon Vindic. in Tracts (1727) 80 They answer'd, that they had..sent Orders for the Re-delivery of it.
1751 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. I. i. xi. 341 Witnesses ought to be admitted to prove payment of the price, or redelivery of the thing lent or deposited.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. ix. 147 A re-delivery of the pledge, or thing taken in distress, to the owner.
1831 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 120 §14 The expiration of such notice and the re-delivery of such licence.
1871 E. Poste in tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis iii. Comm. 344 There is usually a delivery and a redelivery.
1911 Michigan Law Rev. 9 57 A statute providing for the redelivery of the attached property to the defendant upon the discharge of the attachment.
1954 H. M. Gibbs & C. E. McDowell Ocean Transportation ii. x. 189 Consumable items such as food, stores, and fuel oil aboard must be purchased by the charterer upon delivery and by the owner upon redelivery.
2007 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 18 Dec. 16 I..had to go to a friend's house to organise the redelivery of a parcel, because I had no other way of contacting the post office.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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