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noun

Bestowment n.

The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. "If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view."

That which is given or bestowed. "They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments."

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Etymology of 'Bestowment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bestowment" Quotes from Famous Books

... Giving.— N. giving &c. v.; bestowal, bestowment[obs3], donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award. almsgiving[obs3], charity, liberality, generosity. ...

— Roget's Thesaurus

... eternity; and that all my pleas were vain, for I saw that self-interest had led me to pray, and that I had never once prayed from any respect to the glory of God. I saw that there was no necessary connection between my prayers and the bestowment of divine mercy, that they laid not the least obligation upon God to bestow his grace upon me; and that there was no more virtue or goodness in them than there would be in my paddling with my hand in the water. I saw ...

— The Varieties of Religious Experience • William James

... through individuality. I can conceive of no greater slavery than to have everything done by the Government. I want free scope given to individual effort. In time some things that governments have done will be removed. The creation of a nobility, the giving of vast rights to corporations, and the bestowment of privileges on the few will be done away with. In other words, governmental interference will cease and man will be left more to himself. The future will not do away with want by charity, which generally creates more ...

— The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. - Interviews • Robert Green Ingersoll