Meanings
plural benefactions
- countableuncountableAn act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
We all feel that sleep is a benefaction [translating Wohlthat] to our psychical life, and the obscure awareness of the popular mind is clearly unwilling to be robbed of its prejudice that the dream is one of the ways in which sleep confers its benefactions.
1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 70 - countableuncountableAn act of charity; almsgiving.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinbenefactiōnem
- Englishbenefaction
From Latin benefactiōnem, from benefacere (“to benefit”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian благодеяние, благотворителност
- благодеяние (blagodejanie)benefit
- благотворителност (blagotvoritelnost)charity
Czech dobrodiní
- dobrodiníbenefit
Finnish hyväntekeväisyys
- hyväntekeväisyysbenefit
Hungarian jótett
- jótettcharity
Persian کرفه
- کرفه (kerfe)benefit
Cite this entry
benefaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benefaction
“benefaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benefaction. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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