Do-nā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. donatio, from donare; Fr. donation, Pr. donatio, Sp. donacio, It. donazione. See DONATE.] 1. The act of giving or bestowing; grant. That right we hold by his donation. Milton.

2. That which is given or bestowed; that which is transferred to another gratuitously, or without a valuable consideration; a gift; a grant.
3. (Law.) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which he 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 a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U. S.] Bartlett. Syn.—Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See GIFT.