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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Donation \Do*na"tion\, noun [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]
1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
After donation there is 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. (Law) 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.
Syn: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See {Gift}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
donation
noun
1: a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause [syn: {contribution}]
2: act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity [syn: {contribution}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "donation": accommodation, accordance, aid, allotment, allowance, alms, alms fee, appropriation, assistance, award, awarding, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, bestowal, bestowment, charity, collection, communication, concession, conferment, conferral, contribution, deliverance, delivery, dole, donative, endowment, furnishment, gift, gifting, giving, grant, granting, handout, help, impartation, impartment, investiture, largesse, liberality, offer, offering, offertory, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, presentment, provision, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, supplying, surrender, tithe, votive offering, vouchsafement
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