vouchsafing
Condescending to bestow
Vouchsafing is the present participle of vouchsafe, a formal or literary verb meaning to grant or bestow something, often with an air of condescension or gracious favor: The king vouchsafed them an audience.
It can also mean to deign or condescend: She didn't vouchsafe a reply.
The word carries an archaic flavor, suggesting the granting party holds power over what's given.
Formally giving something
- conferringGiving or discussing formally
- grantingGiving formally or officially
- givingTransferring to another
- accordingAs reported by
awarding · imparting · conceding · yielding · permitting · allowing · extending · offering
Lowering oneself reluctantly
- stoopingBending body forward
- loweringMoving something downward
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
humbling · graciously · benevolently · magnanimously · loftily · haughtily · superiority · noblesse
Prayer seeking divine favor
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- providenceDivine protective care
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- sanctifyingMaking sacred or holy
hallowing · consecrating · ordaining · anointing · favoring · prayer · supplication · mercy
Making information known
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
- divulgingRevealing concealed information
- confidingSharing secrets trustingly
- impartingGiving or communicating something
sharing · communicating · telling · enlightening · informing · unveiling · exposing · manifesting
bestowing
Formally giving something
- conferringGiving or discussing formally
- grantingGiving formally or officially
- givingTransferring to another
according · awarding · imparting · conceding · yielding · permitting · allowing · extending · offering · presenting
deigning
Lowering oneself reluctantly
- stoopingBending body forward
- loweringMoving something downward
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
condescending · humbling · graciously · benevolently · magnanimously · loftily · haughtily · superiority · noblesse · indulgence
blessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- providenceDivine protective care
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
sanctifying · hallowing · consecrating · ordaining · anointing · favoring · prayer · supplication · mercy · redemption
disclosing
Making information known
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
- divulgingRevealing concealed information
- confidingSharing secrets trustingly
imparting · sharing · communicating · telling · enlightening · informing · unveiling · exposing · manifesting · showing
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
- entrustingdelegating, assigning, handing over, consigning, committing
vouchsafingwithholding
Keeping from another
denying · refusing · keeping back · concealing · hiding
vouchsafingdemanding
Requiring great effort
exacting · requiring · extracting · compelling · wresting
safe, safety, salvage, vouch, voucher, salvation, vouchers, vouched, vouchsafe