DONATION

donation. Donation, n. a gift, present, bounty, grant

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Do‐na″tion (?), n. [[L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]] 1. 1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South. 2. 2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.
And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers. Shak. 3. 3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier.
Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. Bartlett. Syn. — Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.