benignity
Americannoun
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the quality of being benign; kindness.
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Archaic. a good deed or favor; an instance of kindness.
benignities born of selfless devotion.
noun
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the quality of being benign; favourable attitude
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a kind or gracious act
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Origin of benignity
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English benignite, from Middle French, Old French, from Latin benignitās; see benign, -ity
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Never saw I mien, or face, In which more plainly I could trace Benignity and homebred sense Ripening in perfect innocence.
From What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77 by Haldeman-Julius, Marcet
"Benignity," disposition to do good and show kindness.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
Benignity or Mercy of God, the Male, 846-u.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
God's Mercy, or Benignity, alone reigning, sin would go unpunished, 846-u.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
With earnest feeling I shall pray For thee when I am far away: For never saw I mien, or face, In which more plainly I could trace Benignity and home-bred sense Ripening in perfect innocence.
From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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