benevolence
/bəˈnɛvələns/ noun B2- Disposition to do good. · gesture of benevolence· show benevolence
- Charitable kindness. · His acts of benevolence earned him great respect.
- An altruistic gift or act.
Plural benevolences
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There was more than benevolence in this action; there was courage; the south was aflame, and to assist, even on his death-bed, the father of so dangerous a Bonapartist as Dantès, was stigmatized as a crime.
“I admire the activity of your benevolence,” observed Mary, “but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.”
She tried to recollect some instance of goodness, some distinguished trait of integrity or benevolence, that might rescue him from the attacks of Mr.
Though young, his long back was already bowed, and he walked with a forward thrust of his head and a general air of peering benevolence.
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