Benevolence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An inclination to perform kind, charitable acts.
  • n. A kindly act.
  • n. A gift given out of generosity.
  • n. A compulsory tax or payment exacted by some English sovereigns without the consent of Parliament.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. disposition to do good
  • n. charitable kindness
  • n. an altruistic gift or act
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
  • n. An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
  • n. A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The disposition to do good; the love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness; good will; kindness; charitableness.
  • n. An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
  • n. In England, an arbitrary contribution or tax illegally exacted in the guise of a gratuity to the sovereign, from the time of Edward IV., and forbidden by act of Parliament under William and Mary: sometimes used of similar exactions elsewhere.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. disposition to do good
  • n. an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
  • n. an act intending or showing kindness and good will
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    benignity    kindness   
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    benevolent   
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    generosity    kindness    liberality    goodness    kindliness    sincerity    piety    friendliness    prudence    charity