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benevolence

[ buh-nev-uh-luhns ]

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noun

desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness:
to be filled with benevolence toward one's fellow creatures.
Antonyms: malevolence
an act of kindness; a charitable gift:
She bequeathed many benevolences from her vast fortune.
English History. a forced contribution to the sovereign.

benevolence

/ bɪˈnɛvələns /

inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity
an act of kindness
(in the Middle Ages) a forced loan or contribution exacted by English kings from their nobility and subjects

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin benevolentia; benevolent, -ence

There may be a reason beyond some internal benevolence that John McCain chose not to go down this road.

I think the vampire continues to be associated with beauty, glamour, elegance, great strength, a secret benevolence, and goodness.

And your current brand of persuasion entails tempering pushiness with aplomb, brute force with benevolence.

He was sheriff of Paris, 1770, and employed his leisure in objects of benevolence, till the revolution overwhelmed him.

He mentioned the name of a woman well known in Summerville for strong character and wise benevolence.

It changed all the benevolence of her nature into wrathful bitterness and unmitigated contempt.

To all of this Mr Dean listened in perfect silence, patiently, and with a smile of universal benevolence.

In manners affable, and in benevolence unsurpassed, the Kentucky planter gains the plaudits of all.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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