What does benevolence mean?
Definitions for benevolence
bəˈnɛv ə lənsbenev·o·lence
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word benevolence.
Princeton's WordNet
benevolencenoun
disposition to do good
benevolencenoun
an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
benevolence, benefactionnoun
an act intending or showing kindness and good will
Wiktionary
benevolencenoun
disposition to do good
benevolencenoun
charitable kindness
benevolencenoun
an altruistic gift or act
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Benevolencenoun
Etymology: benevolentia, Lat.
Grasp the whole worlds of reason, life, and sense,
In one close system of benevolence. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.This tax, called a benevolence, was devised by Edward IV. for which he sustained much envy. It was abolished by Richard III. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
ChatGPT
benevolence
Benevolence is the quality of being kind, generous, and goodwill towards others, often characterized by actions of charity, selflessness and desire to promote happiness and welfare of others. It is a virtue that encourages acts of kindness and altruistic behavior.
Webster Dictionary
Benevolencenoun
the disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness
Benevolencenoun
an act of kindness; good done; charity given
Benevolencenoun
a species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Benevolence
ben-ev′ol-ens, n. disposition to do good: an act of kindness: generosity: a gift of money, esp. for support of the poor: (Eng. hist.) a kind of forced loan or contribution, levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV. in 1473.—adj. Benev′olent, charitable, generous, well disposed to.—adv. Benev′olently. [Through Fr. from L. benevolentia.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Benevolence
the name of a forced tax exacted from the people by certain kings of England, and which, under Charles I., became so obnoxious as to occasion the demand of the Petition of Rights (q. v.), that no tax should be levied without consent of Parliament; first enforced in 1473, declared illegal in 1689.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of benevolence in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of benevolence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of benevolence in a Sentence
The recent inter-Korean high-level talks are a precious fruition of the new policy set forth by the respected Supreme Leader in his New Year Address to improve the north-south relations, he is a peerless patriot and the supreme incarnation of love and benevolence as he is creditably carrying forward the patriotic history with the same warm love for the nation and benevolence as those of the great leaders.
To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.
Whosoever hath not knowledge, and benevolence, and piety knoweth nothing of reality, and dwelleth only in semblance.
That word is not too strong. It's killing us now. I say every day, I hope that whites somehow begin to get the message to stop this notion that your benevolence, your virtue signaling is somehow gonna help black America achieve equality in American life. The opposite is true. It's gonna keep us down. You reduce the standards everywhere, you reduce the standards thereby saying, ‘We have no faith in you. You're inferior. We'll suspend the SAT exam in universities. We won't count it anymore because blacks don't do well on it.’ We either stand up like men and women and take our place in this world or we don’t.
If charity cost nothing and benevolence caused no heartache, the world would be full of philanthropists.
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- النزعة إلى الخيرArabic
- доброжела́телностBulgarian
- benevolènciaCatalan, Valencian
- shovívavostCzech
- godgørenhedDanish
- GutmütigkeitGerman
- φιλανθρωπίαGreek
- bonvolemoEsperanto
- benevolenciaSpanish
- خیر خواهیPersian
- hyväntahtoisuusFinnish
- bénévolence, bienveillanceFrench
- dea-mhéinIrish
- कृपाHindi
- bonvoloIdo
- örlætiIcelandic
- 仁, 慈悲Japanese
- benevolentiaLatin
- welwillendheidDutch
- velviljeNorwegian
- benevolênciaPortuguese
- bunăvoințăRomanian
- ми́лость, доброта́, благожела́тельность, доброжела́тельностьRussian
- välviljaSwedish
- நன்மைTamil
- 仁Chinese
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