boon
- Noun. (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
- Noun. (archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a favour; benefaction; a grant; a present.
- Noun. A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
- Noun. (context, UK) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
- Adjective. (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage".
- Adjective. kind; bountiful; benign.
- Adjective. gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
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