A disposition to kindness and compassion.

synonyms: goodwill, grace.

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.    ... show more

Roget 888: friendship, amity; friendliness etc. adj.; brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity; harmony etc. (concord) 714; peace etc. 721.    firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship.    cordiality, fraternization, entente cordiale [Fr.], good understanding, rapprochement, sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness.    affection etc. (love) 897; favoritism; good will etc. (benevolence) 906.    acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, intercourse, fellowship, knowledge of; introduction.    ... show more

accounting An intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets).

synonym: goodwill.

Dutch: goedwil

The friendly hope that something will succeed.

synonym: goodwill.

Dutch: goodwill