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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
benefaction /ˌbɛnɪˈfakʃ(ə)n/

▶noun formal a donation or gift.

– origin C17: from late L. benefactio(n-), from bene facere ‘do good (to)’.

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