donation

donation is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. After donation there an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South.

[2] That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. And some donation freely to estate On the bless`d lovers. Shak.

[3] The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be 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 of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.] Bartlett.