"benefaction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɛnɪˈfakʃ(ə)n/ [UK] Forms: benefactions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin benefactiōnem, from benefacere (“to benefit”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|benefactiōnem}} Latin benefactiōnem, {{m|la|benefacere||to benefit}} benefacere (“to benefit”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} benefaction (countable and uncountable, plural benefactions)
  1. An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (benefit): благодеяние (blagodejanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), dobrodiní [neuter] (Czech), добро́чинство (dobróčinstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), foayr [masculine] (Manx), کرفه (kerfe) (Persian), dobročinstvo (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-benefaction-en-noun-GZj0eZpf Disambiguation of 'benefit': 100 0
  2. An act of charity; almsgiving. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (charity): благотворителност (blagotvoritelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), jótett (Hungarian), добро́творство (dobrótvorstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-benefaction-en-noun-XCzJfYLd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 87 Disambiguation of 'charity': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: almsdeed, almsgiving, benefaction, donation, oblation Hypernyms: bestowal Holonyms: charity Related terms: affordment [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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