benefaction
Noun
Meaning
The act of conferring a benefit.
A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
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A man must rate public and permanent, above private and fleeting advantages and study how to render his benefaction most useful, rather than how he may bestow it with least expense.
Let him who desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.
After a substantial benefaction in January 1637, however, Borromini was appointed as architect.
Its cost was met with part of a benefaction of 1817 from the Rev. Francis Gisborne, a former fellow.
Soon after work on the theatre was completed in 12/11 BC, Melanippides dedicated a statue of Augustus in the theatre to record this benefaction.
The Titan's greatest benefaction for humankind seems to have been saving them from complete destruction.