benefaction
/bɛnɪˈfakʃ(ə)n/
benefaction noun: an act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
Noun
benefaction (countable and uncountable, plural benefactions)
- An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
- 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.1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 70
- An act of charity; almsgiving.
benefaction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
benefaction in Hindi
- benefaction
- वरदान vardān
benefaction in Tamil
- தாளான்மை, உதவி, நற்செயல், அறச்செயலுக்கான நன்கொடை, மானியம், நிதிஏற்பாடு
benefaction in Urdu
- عطا, احسان, عنایت
benefaction in Bengali
- উপকার, দান
More languagesFewer languages
- benefaction in Kannada
- ಒಳ್ಳೆಕೆಲಸ
- benefaction in Persian
- کرفه kerfe
Synonyms of benefaction
Forms of benefaction
| plural | benefactions |
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Origin of benefaction
From Latin benefactiōnem, from benefacere (“to benefit”).
Questions about benefaction
- What does benefaction mean?
- Benefaction means an act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
- What is benefaction in Hindi?
- Benefaction in Hindi is वरदान (vardān). See Benefaction meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is benefaction?
- Benefaction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce benefaction?
- Benefaction is pronounced /bɛnɪˈfakʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of benefaction?
- The plural of benefaction is benefactions.
Words near benefaction in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: benefaction (page history and authors); वरदान (Hindi) (page history and authors); benefaction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); benefaction (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); benefaction (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); benefaction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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