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Definition of assistance : 1. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers.
2. Persons present.
3. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

Synonyms:

helper, assistant, leg up, compensation, buddy system, a good/bad turn, boost, assist, contribution, backing, attention, helping hand, abetment, financial aid, hand, supporter, cooperation, succor, care, economic aid, lift, tending

avail, aid, help, encouragement, mothering, ministration, support, motivation, attendant, benefit, relief, sustenance, agency, endowment, service

emancipation, rescue, salvation, extrication, deliverance

arbitration, parley, facilitation, intervention, inter-mediation, intercession, reconciliation, mediation, interlocution, negotiation, adjudication, compromise, conciliation

Usage examples:

• These charms will then render me great assistance." - "Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846", James Richardson.
• Will would have repeated his blow, had not some of the people come to the boy's assistance. - "A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1", James Cook.
• She is crying out, and making signs for us to come to her assistance. - "Waihoura, the Maori Girl", W.H.G. Kingston.