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Meaning of Benefaction | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
bɛnɪˈfakʃ(ə)n

Definitions

  1. An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
    countable, uncountable
  2. An act of charity; almsgiving.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الإحسان حسنة
Bosanski dobročinstvo prilog доброчинство прилог
Čeština dobrodiní
Deutsch Wohltätigkeit
Suomi armolahja
עברית גמילות חסדים
हिन्दी वरदान
Hrvatski dobročinstvo prilog доброчинство прилог
Magyar jótett
Bahasa Indonesia berian wakaf
Македонски добротворство
Српски dobročinstvo prilog доброчинство прилог
Українська благодіяння

Examples

“We all feel⟳ that sleep⟳ is a benefaction [translating Wohlthat] to our psychical life, and the obscure awareness of the popular mind⟳ is clearly unwilling to be robbed of its prejudice that the dream⟳ is one of the ways in which sleep⟳ confers its benefactions.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Benefactions benefactive benefactive case benefactivity Benefactor Benefactors

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