n. a periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him or her
The pension was his only support.
The pension was his only support.
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Why was James Armistead, a slave, freed and given a pension by the General Assembly of Virginia?
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His pension provided only a meager subsistence.
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allowance; payment; support
wage
2 syllables
pen-sion
gentian
henschen
mention
tension
ascension
attention
contention
convention
detention
dimension
dissension
extension
invention
laurentian
pretension
prevention
retention
suspension
apprehension
comprehension
condescension
hypertension
hypotension
reinvention
misapprehension
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