benignity

American  

[bih-nig-ni-tee] / bɪˈnɪg nɪ ti /

noun

PLURAL

benignities

1. the quality of being benign; kindness.

2. Archaic.  a good deed or favor; an instance of kindness.

   benignities born of selfless devotion.

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benignity British  

/ bɪˈnɪɡnɪtɪ /

noun

1. the quality of being benign; favourable attitude

2. a kind or gracious act

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Other Word Forms

• unbenignity noun

Etymology

Origin of benignity

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English benignite, from Middle French, Old French, from Latin benignitās; benign, -ity

Example Sentences

It was as though, feeling my hand, he felt my benignity.

From The New Yorker

Notice the benignity in those examples, because — quite importantly — Thor does not become malicious.

From Salon

He writes: “‘Carbon Ideologies’ largely neglects solar power, that being associated with decentralization and environmental benignity.

From New York Times

“Nowhere else do you get a greater feel for the benignity of rain — or of water in any form.”

From New York Times

There are rapidly percussive or explosive jumps, footwork whose meters take arithmetic into pure form, facial expressions in which demonic glares melt into seraphic benignity.

From New York Times