Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
A right to take wood from property not one's own.
Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation f...
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