benevolence
- 1) noun, inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity
- 2) noun, an act of kindness
- 3) noun, (in the Middle Ages) a forced loan or contribution exacted by English kings from their nobility and subjects
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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kindness, tolerance, generosity, understanding, charity, grace, sympathy, humanity, goodness, goodwill, compassion, indulgence, decency, altruism, clemency, gentleness, philanthropy, magnanimity, fellow feeling, beneficence, kindly, kind-hearted, aroha (N.Z.)