Benison

Definition: Benison

Benison

Noun

1. A spoken blessing.

Date "benison" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Slang in 1811	BENISON. The beggar's benison: May your ***** and purse never fail you. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Approbation	Commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium; eloge, panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Benison

Specialty definitions using "benison": BENISON. (references)

Etymologies containing "benison": Diction ♦ Malison. (references)

"Benison" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Benison" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	88.89%	8	124,375
Noun (proper)	11.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

Language		Translations for "benison"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		ευλογία (blessing, grace, smallpox, variola). (various references)

Italian		benedizione (benediction, blessing). (various references)

Pig Latin		enisonbay

Turkish		kutsama (benediction, blessing, consecration, sanctification), hayır dua (blessing). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự ban phúc. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "benison": benisons. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Benison" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: banion, Bavisan, Beihon, Benaco, Beneson, Bengston, Benicor, benis, Benissa, Benissad, Benizi, Benneton, Benozzo, bernanos, Bernasconi, binion, boison, bonson, Bseisou, bunson, Meinsohn, Renilson, Renison, Rennilson. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "benison" (pronounced 'Ben"i*son'): Advowson, Antimason, Arson, Bason, Bison, Bisson, Boson, Caisson, Cargason, Chanson, Diapason, Disdiapason, Disgarrison, Disherison, Disinherison, Disputison, Dobson, Elison, Encrimson, Engarrison, Foison, Foyson, Freemason, Gambeson, Gambison, Geason, godson, grandson, Great-grandson, grison, Herisson, hyson, Impoison, Intercomparison, jettison, keelson, Kelson, liaison, Livraison, Malison, Nupson, Oraison, Orison, Outreason, Overgarrison, Overseason, Parson, Plasson, Pocoson, Ramson. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-i-n-n-o-s"
	-1 letter: bennis, bonnes, bonnie.
	-2 letters: benni, bines, bison, bones, bonne, ebons, eosin, neons, nines, noise, nones.
	-3 letters: bens, bine, bins, bios, bise, bone, ebon, eons, inns, ions, nebs, neon, nibs, nine, nobs, noes, none, nose, obes, obis, ones, sine, snib, snob, sone.
	-4 letters: ben, bin, bio, bis, bos, ens, eon, inn, ins, ion, neb, nib.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-i-n-n-o-s"
	+1 letter: benisons, benzoins, boniness, bonniest, pinbones, shinbone.
	+2 letters: besnowing, bisontine, chinbones, ebonising, nonbeings, nonbodies, ringbones, sanbenito, shinbones.
	+3 letters: abstention, belongings, bentonites, boninesses, boringness, concubines, nonbeliefs, sanbenitos, subvention.
	+4 letters: abnegations, abstentions, benzocaines, bonefishing, condensible, consignable, embonpoints, fibrinogens, ignobleness, inobservant, nonabrasive, nonbusiness, noncabinets, nondisabled, nonsinkable, obtainments, pensionable, subpoenaing, subventions, ubiquinones.
	+5 letters: benedictions, benefactions, bioengineers, bonefishings, boringnesses, boutonnieres, concubinages, conscionable, cybernations, debonairness, endosymbiont, fibronectins, herringbones, hibernations, inconsolable, inconsumable, inebriations, inobservance, interrobangs, nonbelievers, nonbreedings, nondiabetics, nondisableds, nonlibraries, obligingness, recombinants, sanctionable, snobbishness, subcontinent, tenebrionids.
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