benignity

[ bih-nig-ni-tee ]

noun

, plural be·nig·ni·ties.

1. the quality of being benign; kindness.
2. Archaic. a good deed or favor; an instance of kindness:

   benignities born of selfless devotion.

benignity

/ bɪˈnɪɡnɪtɪ /

noun

1. the quality of being benign; favourable attitude
2. a kind or gracious act

Other Words From

• unbe·nigni·ty noun plural unbenignities

Word History and Origins

Origin of benignity¹

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

Example Sentences

And with him was old Lord Gervase Scoresby, his friend and cousin, the very incarnation of benignity and ruddy health.

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The great man smiled again, with a more intolerable benignity than before.

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And the man looking on the woman saw one whose brow had all quiet, whose heart had all benignity.

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It was perhaps the feeling of his great strength, of his possible fierceness that gave the touch of benignity to him.

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The gentleness and benignity of his disposition never made him forget what was due to discipline.

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