Synonyms for good will
good will

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1. good will

   Friendship is a deep, quiet, enduring affection, founded upon mutual respect and esteem. Friendship is always mutual; there may be unreciprocated affection or attachment, unrequited love, or even unrecognized and unappreciated devotion, but never unreciprocated or unrequited friendship; one may have friendly feelings toward an enemy, but while there is hostility or coldness on one side there can not be friendship between the two. Friendliness is a quality of friendly feeling, without the deep and settled attachment implied in the state of friendship. Comity is mutual kindly courtesy, with care of each other's right, and amity a friendly feeling and relation, not necessarily implying special friendliness; as, the comity of nations, or amity between neighboring countries. Affection may be purely natural; friendship is a growth. Friendship is more intellectual and less emotional than love; it is easier to give reasons for friendship than for love; friendship is more calm and quiet, love more fervent; love often rises to intensest passion; we can not speak of the passion of friendship. Friendship implies some degree of equality, while love does not; we can speak of man's love toward God, not of his friendship for God. (There is more latitude in the use of the concrete noun friend; Abraham was called "the friend of God;" Christ was called "the friend of sinners.") Compare ACQUAINTANCE; LOVE.

   See synonyms for BATTLE; ENMITY; FEUD; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   affection, amity, attachment, comity, consideration, devotion, esteem, esteem, favor, friendliness, friendship, love, regard

   Preposition:
   The friendship of one person for or toward another, or the friendship between them.

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1. grace, good will, goodwillnoun

   a disposition to kindness and compassion

   "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished"

   Synonyms:
   gracility, thanksgiving, state of grace, saving grace, free grace, blessing, grace, grace of God, goodwill, seemliness

2. good will, goodwillnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   grace, goodwill

3. good will, goodwillnoun

   the friendly hope that something will succeed

   Synonyms:
   grace, goodwill

Matched Categories

1. • Accounting
   • Friendliness
   • Good Nature
   • Intangible Asset

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1. good will

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, kindness, GOOD-NATURE

2. good will

   Synonyms:
   earnestness, heartiness, ardor, zeal

3. good will

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) custom (of an established place of business), patronage

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1. Jimmy Fallon:

   Today was a disgrace, today was disappointing, but sadly today was not a surprise, but it's important to remember that this is not who we are. I assure you there are more good people than there are bad, and good will prevail.

2. Albert Einstein:

   I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.

3. Howard Witt:

   The addition of Marc Short, a senior Trump Administration official with intimate knowledge of interactions between White House and Congress, deepens our scholarly inquiries into the workings of the American presidency. And Marc Short presence reinforces our commitment to nonpartisan and bipartisan dialogue among scholars and practitioners of good will who may nevertheless hold strongly opposing personal political viewpoints, moreover, Marc Short can offer insights into the Trump Administration that are not currently available to our scholars or the public at large.

4. Pope Francis:

   Grant health to the infirm and inspire all men and women of good will to seek the best ways possible to overcome the current health crisis and its effects.

5. Mohammed Al-Jadaan:

   I think there are a lot of opportunities in Iran and we provide a lot of opportunities for them as long as good will continues.