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Benevolence Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Benevolence Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
(n.)
An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
(n.)
A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
benevolence
\be*nev"o*lence\ (&?;), n. [of. benevolence, l. benevolentia. see benevolent.]
1. the disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. the wakeful benevolence of the gospel. halmers.
2. an act of kindness; good done; charity given.
3. a species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of england, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
Any act of kindness or well-doing.
wish or activity in doing good; goodwill***In one act of benevolence, he donated the savings of his entire life towards a charity home in Calcutta.
Noun
1. disposition to do good
(antonym) malevolence, malignity
(hypernym) love
(hyponym) beneficence
2. an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
(hypernym) kindness
(hyponym) charity, brotherly love
(attribute) benevolent, good
3. an act intending or showing kindness and good will
(synonym) benefaction
(hypernym) kindness, benignity
Benevolence Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Benevolence means an act of, or a general inclination towards, charity. "Benevolence" may also refer to:
- Benevolence (Phrenology), a faculty in the discredited theory of Phrenology
- USS Benevolence (AH-13), a Haven class hospital ship
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Benevolence Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The doing a kind action to another, from mere good will, without any legal obligation. It is a moral duty only, and it cannot be enforced by law. A good man is benevolent to the poor, but no law can compel him to be so.
English Law. An aid given by the subjects to the king under a pretended gratuity, but in realty it was an extortion and imposition.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.English Law. An aid given by the subjects to the king under a pretended gratuity, but in realty it was an extortion and imposition.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
