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a thing that helps<the coupleʼs generous donation was a great boon to the school bandʼs fund-raising campaign>— see help 2
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an act of kind assistance<a softhearted man who finds it hard to deny any boon, whether it be for friend or stranger>— see favor 1
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something granted as a special favor<at the prep school, seniors are given certain boons that make them the envy of underclassmen>— see privilege
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something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing<the rain was a boon for the farmers who had been struggling with drought>— see blessing 2
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