1. (noun) benevolence
disposition to do good
Synonyms: benefaction
Antonyms: malevolence, malignity
2. (noun) benevolence
an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
Synonyms: benefaction
Antonyms: malignity, malevolence
3. (noun) benevolence, benefaction
an act intending or showing kindness and good will
Synonyms: benevolence, benefaction
Antonyms: malignity, malevolence
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1. benevolence
According to the etymology and original usage, beneficence is the doing well, benevolence the wishing or willing well to others; but benevolence has come to include beneficence, and to displa
Synonyms: benevolence, almsgiving, charity, kind-heartedness, munificence, beneficence, generosity, kindliness, philanthropy, benignity, good-will, kindness, sympathy, bounty, humanity, liberality, unselfishness
Antonyms: barbarity, greediness, ill-will, malignity, self-seeking, brutality, harshness, inhumanity, niggardliness, stinginess, churlishness, illiberality, malevolence, selfishness, unkindness
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