What is another word for bestowment?

Pronunciation: [bɪstˈə͡ʊmənt] (IPA)

Bestowment refers to the act of giving a gift, favor, or honor to someone. Synonyms for this word include award, endowment, donation, grant, presentation, contribution, offering, prize, reward, scholarship, accolade, recognition, and tribute. Each synonym implies a different context and type of gift or honor. For example, award and accolade are typically used for achievements in athletics, academics, or art. Endowment and scholarship refer to financial aid for education or research. Donation, contribution, and offering suggest a charitable or philanthropic donation. Regardless of the synonym used, bestowment conveys a sense of appreciation and acknowledgement for the recipient's accomplishments or efforts.

Synonyms for Bestowment:

What are the hypernyms for Bestowment?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Bestowment?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for bestowment (as nouns)

Usage examples for Bestowment

"Sylv," said he, one evening, while they were finishing the bestowment of the day's catch in the shed at one side of the cabin, where they kept the fish cool by means of spring water-"Sylv, I'd like right well to have you do somethin' for me."
"True and Other Stories"
George Parsons Lathrop
She had attained all that any woman could desire in the way of the world's bestowment.
"A Manifest Destiny"
Julia Magruder
Yet this sense has been overlaid and underrun and shot through with that other and disparate idea of salvation, as of a pure bestowment, something achieved apart from us, or, if one may so say, some alteration of ourselves upon other than moral and spiritual terms.
"Edward Caldwell Moore Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant"
Edward Moore

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