[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

assistance \assist"ance\, n. cf. f. assistance.
   1. the act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor;
      support.
      1913 webster

            without the assistance of a mortal hand. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. an assistant or helper; a body of helpers. obs.
      1913 webster

            wat tyler was killed by valiant walworth, the lord
            mayor of london, and his assistance, . . . john
            cavendish.                            --fuller.
      1913 webster

   3. persons present. obs. or a gallicism
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

assistance
     n 1: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or
          furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an
          assist with the housework"; "could not walk without
          assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered
          his help in unloading" syn: aid, assist, help
     2: a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance
        to depressed areas" syn: aid, help
see also:
aid assist help 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

74 moby thesaurus words for "assistance":
   advantage, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, alterative,
   analeptic, annuity, appropriation, assist, avail, backing, balm,
   balsam, benefit, bounty, comfort, corrective, cure,
   depletion allowance, dole, ease, fellowship, financial assistance,
   good offices, grant, grant-in-aid, guaranteed annual income, hand,
   healing agent, healing quality, help, lift, ministration, ministry,
   office, offices, old-age insurance, pecuniary aid, pension,
   prescription, price support, profit, protection, public assistance,
   public welfare, receipt, recipe, reinforcement, relief,
   remedial measure, remedy, rescue, restorative, retirement benefits,
   scholarship, service, sovereign remedy, specific, specific remedy,
   stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, succor, support,
   supporting, tax benefit, therapy, upholding, use, welfare,
   welfare aid, welfare payments

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