Associations to the word «Benevolence»

Wiktionary

BENEVOLENCE, noun. (uncountable) disposition to do good
BENEVOLENCE, noun. (uncountable) charitable kindness
BENEVOLENCE, noun. (countable) an altruistic gift or act

Dictionary definition

BENEVOLENCE, noun. Disposition to do good.
BENEVOLENCE, noun. An inclination to do kind or charitable acts.
BENEVOLENCE, noun. An act intending or showing kindness and good will.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope