bestowal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bestowal
    n 1: the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift [syn:
         {bestowal}, {bestowment}, {conferral}, {conferment}]
    2: a gift that is bestowed or conferred [syn: {bestowal},
       {bestowment}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bestowal \Be*stow"al\, n.
   The act of bestowing; disposal.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "bestowal":
      accommodation, accordance, administration, application, applying,
      award, awarding, bestowment, communication, concession, conferment,
      conferral, contribution, deliverance, delivery, donation, dosage,
      dosing, endowment, enforcing, forcing, forcing on, furnishment,
      gifting, giving, grant, granting, impartation, impartment,
      investiture, liberality, meting out, offer, prescribing,
      presentation, presentment, provision, subscription, supplying,
      surrender, vouchsafement