benevolence
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 24
- Letters
- 11
Definition of benevolence
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)Disposition to do good.
“gesture of benevolence”
“show benevolence”
“spirit of benevolence”
“She smiled with benevolence at the children.”
“Benevolence? vvhich ſhall I be benevolent to; or vvhich firſt? I am puſſell'd in the choice.”
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noun
-
(uncountable)Disposition to do good.
“gesture of benevolence”
“show benevolence”
“spirit of benevolence”
“She smiled with benevolence at the children.”
“Benevolence? vvhich ſhall I be benevolent to; or vvhich firſt? I am puſſell'd in the choice.”
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(uncountable)Charitable kindness.
“His acts of benevolence earned him great respect.”
- (countable)An altruistic gift or act.
- (UK, countable, historical, uncountable)A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Circa 1400, original sense “good will, disposition to do good”, Old French benivolence from Latin benevolentia (also directly from Latin), literally “good will”, from bene (“well, good”) + volentia, form of volēns, form of volō (“to wish”), components cognate to English benefit and voluntary, more distantly will (via Proto-Indo-European).
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