Usually means: Providing help or support generously.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word benefaction:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. benefaction: Merriam-Webster
  2. benefaction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. benefaction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. benefaction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. benefaction: Vocabulary.com
  6. benefaction: Wordnik
  7. benefaction: Wiktionary
  8. benefaction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. benefaction: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. benefaction: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Benefaction, benefaction: Dictionary.com
  12. Benefaction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Benefaction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. benefaction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. benefaction: Rhymezone
  16. Benefaction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. benefaction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. benefaction: FreeDictionary.org
  19. benefaction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. benefaction: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. benefaction: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benefaction: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benefaction: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
▸ noun:  An act of charity; almsgiving.

Similar:
benevolence, giving, benison, blessing, benediction, benefit, good work, betterment, bonification, begifting, more...

Opposite:
malefaction, harm, wrongdoing, malice

Types:
donation, tithe, alms, contribution, subscription, endowment, bequest, legacy, more...

Adjectives:
private, public, great, generous, noble, divine, large, splendid, considerable, pious, liberal



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Similar:
benevolence, giving, benison, blessing, benediction, benefit, good work, betterment, bonification, begifting, more...

Opposite:
malefaction, harm, wrongdoing, malice

Types:
donation, tithe, alms, contribution, subscription, endowment, bequest, legacy, more...

Adjectives:
private, public, great, generous, noble, divine, large, splendid, considerable, pious, liberal



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