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benevolence
noun
1 benevolence
Disposition to do good.
Roget 812:
price,
amount,
cost,
expense,
prime cost,
charge,
figure;
demand,
damage;
fare,
hire,
wages
etc.
(remuneration)
973;
value
etc.
812.1.
dues,
duty,
toll,
tax,
impost,
cess†,
sess†,
tallage†,
levy;
abkari†;
capitation tax,
poll tax;
doomage [U.S.],
likin†;
gabel†,
gabelle†;
gavel,
octroi†,
custom,
excise,
assessment,
benevolence,
tithe,
tenths,
exactment†,
ransom,
salvage,
tariff;
brokerage,
wharfage,
freightage.
bill
etc.
(account)
811;
shot.
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Roget 942:
disinterestedness
etc.
adj.;
generosity;
liberality,
liberalism;
altruism;
benevolence
etc.
906;
elevation,
loftiness of purpose,
exaltation,
magnanimity;
chivalry,
chivalrous spirit;
heroism,
sublimity.
self-denial,
self-abnegation,
self-sacrifice,
self-immolation,
self-control
etc.
(resolution)
604;
stoicism,
devotion,
martyrdom,
suttee.
labor of love.
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Roget 906:
benevolence,
Christian charity;
God's love,
God's grace;
good will;
philanthropy
etc.
910;
unselfishness
etc.
942.
good nature,
good feeling,
good wishes;
kindness,
kindliness
etc.
adj.;
loving-kindness,
benignity,
brotherly love,
charity,
humanity,
fellow-feeling,
sympathy;
goodness of heart,
warmth of heart;
bonhomie;
kind-heartedness;
amiability,
milk of human kindness,
tenderness;
love
etc.
897;
friendship
etc.
888.
toleration,
consideration,
generosity;
mercy
etc.
(pity)
914.
charitableness
etc.
adj.;
bounty,
almsgiving;
good works,
beneficence,
the luxury of doing good"
[Goldsmith].
acts of kindness,
a good turn;
good offices,
kind offices good treatment,
kind treatment.
good Samaritan,
sympathizer,
bon enfant [Fr.];
altruist.
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Roget 897:
love;
fondness
etc.
adj.;
liking;
inclination
etc.
(desire)
865;
regard,
dilection†,
admiration,
fancy.
affection,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling;
tenderness
etc.
adj.;
heart,
brotherly love;
benevolence
etc.
906;
attachment.
yearning,
eros,
tender passion,
amour;
gyneolatry†;
gallantry,
passion,
flame,
devotion,
fervor,
enthusiasm,
transport of love,
rapture,
enchantment,
infatuation,
adoration,
idolatry.
Cupid,
Venus;
myrtle;
true lover's knot;
love token,
love suit,
love affair,
love tale,
love story;
the,
old story,
plighted love;
courtship
etc.
902;
amourette†;
free love.
maternal love,
storge [Gr.],
parental love;
young love,
puppy love.
attractiveness;
popularity;
favorite
etc.
899.
lover,
suitor,
follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret†,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato [It],
swain,
young man,
flame,
love,
truelove;
leman†,
Lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso†,
cavaliere servente [It],
captive,
cicisbeo†;
caro sposo [It].
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
Dulcinea,
angel,
goddess,
cara sposa [It].
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee.
flirt,
coquette;
amorette†;
pair of turtledoves;
abode of love,
agapemone†.
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Dutch: welwillendheid
2 benevolence
An inclination to do kind or charitable acts.
3 benevolence
An act intending or showing kindness and good will.
synonym: benefaction.
Polish: dobrodziejstwo
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