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Generous 84% connected

Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.

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Generous 84% connected

Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.

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Narrower term 10

Accordance 76% connected

Agreement; harmony; conformity.

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Almsgiving 76% connected

The giving of alms.

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Bestowal 76% connected

The act of bestowing; disposal.

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Bestowment 76% connected

The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.

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Charity 76% connected

Love; universal benevolence; good will.

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Contribution 76% connected

The act of contributing.

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Donation 76% connected

The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

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Endowment 76% connected

The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

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Oblation 76% connected

The act of offering, or of making an offering.

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Offering 76% connected

of Offer

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Broader term 6

Conveyance 76% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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Disposal 76% connected

The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Impartation 76% connected

The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.

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Imparting 76% connected

of Impart

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Sharing 76% connected

of Share

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Derivationally related 6

Gift 74% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

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Gift 74% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

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Give 74% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Give 74% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Impart 74% connected

To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

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Impart 74% connected

To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

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Synonym 6

Big 92% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Bounteous 92% connected

Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production.

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Bountiful 92% connected

Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.

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Gift 92% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Handsome 92% connected

Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

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Liberal 92% connected

Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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