Bestowal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bestowal \Be*stow"al\, n.
     The act of bestowing; disposal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  bestowal
       n 1: the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift [syn: {bestowment},
             {conferral}, {conferment}]
       2: a gift that is bestowed or conferred [syn: {bestowment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "bestowal":
     accommodation, accordance, administration, application, applying,
     award, awarding, bestowment, communication, concession, conferment,
     conferral, contribution, deliverance, delivery, donation, dosage,
     dosing, endowment, enforcing, forcing, forcing on, furnishment,
     gifting, giving, grant, granting, impartation, impartment,
     investiture, liberality, meting out, offer, prescribing,
     presentation, presentment, provision, subscription, supplying,
     surrender, vouchsafement