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Meaning of 'thanksgiving' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Thanksgiving [ n.]
- The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
- A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.

Meaning of 'thanksgiving' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . thanksgiving [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a short prayer of thanks before a meal
Example in sentence:
  • their youngest son said grace

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