benefaction

/bɛnɪˈfakʃ(ə)n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

"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."

From Latin benefactiōnem, from benefacere (“to benefit”).

benefactions (plural)

affordment

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How do you pronounce benefaction?

The recorded pronunciation is /bɛnɪˈfakʃ(ə)n/.

What does benefaction mean?

An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.

Where does benefaction come from?

From Latin benefactiōnem, from benefacere (“to benefit”).

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