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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne