Synonyms for conferred
con·ferred

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1. List of paraphrases for "conferred":

   granted, vested, bestowed, attributed, afforded, awarded, entrusted, given

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1. Demosthenes:

   He who receives a favour must retain a recollection of it for all time to come; but he who confers should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid and ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred on him, and to talk of it, is little different from a reproach.

2. James Crowe:

   I think antibodies will be finished first, and will be the bridge toward longer immunity, which will be conferred by vaccines.

3. Mother Teresa:

   Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ...You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth.

4. Stephen Vladeck:

   The idea behind these authorities is that the President is better situated to make those kinds of determinations than Congress, especially when they're time-sensitive, so I think the President's conduct may well be within the letter of the law here. But, as with the National Emergencies Act, I very much doubt this kind of exercise of the authority conferred by the statute is what Congress had in mind.

5. Demosthenes:

   He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.