BOON

boon. Boon, a. gay, merry, pleasant, cheerful, good, kind

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Boon (bo͞on), n. [[OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. bōn; akin to Sw. & Dan. bön, AS. bēn, and perh. to E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus. √86. See 2d Ban, Bounty.]] 1. 1. A prayer or petition.
For which to God he made so many an idle boon. Spenser. 2. 2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).