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Bestowment   Listen
noun
Bestowment  n.  
1.
The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. "If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view."
2.
That which is given or bestowed. "They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments."





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"Bestowment" Quotes from Famous Books



... through individuality. I can conceive of no greater slavery than to have everything done by the Government. I want free scope given to individual effort. In time some things that governments have done will be removed. The creation of a nobility, the giving of vast rights to corporations, and the bestowment of privileges on the few will be done away with. In other words, governmental interference will cease and man will be left more to himself. The future will not do away with want by charity, which generally creates more ...
— The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. - Interviews • Robert Green Ingersoll


Words linked to "Bestowment" :   gift, conferral, giving, bestowal


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