boon

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

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