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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
donation
n
  1. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
    Synonym(s): contribution, donation
  2. act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
    Synonym(s): contribution, donation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Donation \Do*na"tion\, n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]
      1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
  
                     After donation there an absolute change and
                     alienation of the property of the thing given.
            --South.
  
      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. (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. [U.S.]
            --Bartlett.
  
      Syn: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See {Gift}.
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