ministration
Giving aid attentively
Ministration is the act of giving care, service, or aid—often with connotations of attentive, personal assistance.
The word carries religious or formal overtones, suggesting devoted service: the ministrations of a nurse, a priest's ministrations to the dying.
Usually appears in the plural.
Related to minister in its sense of attending to needs.
Supportive care-giving
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- healingRestoration of health
attention · gentleness · kindness · empathy · solicitude · succor · consolation · soothing
Support or aid given
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- helpAssistance given
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- aidSupport given freely
relief · charity · volunteerism · outreach · welfare · beneficence · humanitarian · stewardship
nurturing
Supportive care-giving
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
healing · attention · gentleness · kindness · empathy · solicitude · succor · consolation · soothing · tending
assistance
Support or aid given
aid · relief · charity · volunteerism · outreach · welfare · beneficence · humanitarian · stewardship · advocacy
liturgy
Formal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- priestOne who performs sacraments
worship · congregation · vestments · sanctuary · benediction · communion · altar · offering · pastor · deacon
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, assistance
- caringcare, concern, attentiveness, tenderness, nurturing
- forms of aidhelp, relief, rescue, care, lifeline
ministrationneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · disregard · harm · mistreatment · abuse
ministrationexploitation
Selfish use of others
oppression · subjugation · tyranny · persecution · victimization