Definition of Boon

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Definition of Boon

Boon

A prayer or petition.

That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.

Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.

Kind; bountiful; benign.

Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.

The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

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Boon Quotations

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.
William Graham Sumner

As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's detrimental impact on the Mexican workers.
Stephen F. Lynch

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree.
Peter Gay

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.
Joseph Auslander

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.
Carolyn Wells

Boon Translations

boon in Dutch is zegen, zegening
boon in German is Wohltat, Segen

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