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▸ noun: (archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
▸ noun: (British, dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
▸ noun: (Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
▸ adjective: (now only in boon companion) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
▸ adjective: (archaic) Kind; bountiful; benign.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Good; prosperous.
▸ noun: The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
▸ noun: A surname
▸ noun: A township in Warrick County, Indiana, United States, named after settler Ratcliff Boon.
▸ noun: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
▸ noun: (slang) Clipping of sheboon. [(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An ugly, fat or stupid black woman.]
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blessing,
close,
a boon or a bane,
boon and bane,
bonus,
mercy,
godsend,
weal,
benefit,
good news,
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