Bestowment

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of giving gratuitously; a conferring.
  • noun. That which is conferred or given; a donation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.
  • noun. That which is given or bestowed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour.
  • noun. Something, such as an honour, that is bestowed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift
  • noun. a gift that is bestowed or conferred
  • Word Usage
    "It also urged the _Federal principle_, that is, the bestowment of all supplies on United States troops, and not on individuals or regiments, and explained to the public that the Sanitary"
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    gift  giving  
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