Benefaction

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  • noun. The act of conferring aid of some sort.
  • noun. A charitable gift or deed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of conferring a benefit; a doing of good; beneficence.
  • noun. A benefit conferred; especially, a charitable donation.
  • noun. Synonyms Kindness. Gift, contribution, alms, charity.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of conferring a benefit.
  • noun. A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
  • noun. An act of charity; almsgiving.
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  • noun. a contribution of money or assistance
  • noun. an act intending or showing kindness and good will
    • Word Usage
    "Half her time was spent at spillikins, which I consider as a very valuable part of our household furniture, and as not the least important benefaction from the family of Knight to that of Austen."
    cross-reference
    gift  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    benignity  contribution  donation  kindness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Axel  axeman  bequest  bloomer  bootlicker  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    act of grace  act of kindness  alms  alms  beneficence  
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