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Noun bestowal has 2 senses

• bestowal(n = noun.act) bestowment, conferment, conferral - the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift; Array
is a kind of gift, giving
Derived form verb bestow₁

• bestowal(n = noun.possession) bestowment - a gift that is bestowed or conferred; Array
is a kind of gift

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THESAURUS

bestowal

accommodation, accordance, administration, application, applying, award, awarding, bestowment, communication, concession, conferment, conferral, contribution, deliverance, delivery, donation, dosage, dosing, endowment, enforcing, forcing, forcing on, furnishment, gifting, giving, grant, granting, impartation, impartment, investiture, liberality, meting out, offer, prescribing, presentation, presentment, provision, subscription, supplying, surrender, vouchsafement

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bestowal

Giving

N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.

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