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- [buh-nev-uh-luh ns]
- /bəˈnɛv ə ləns/
- /bɪˈnev.əl.ənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buh-nev-uh-luh ns]
- /bəˈnɛv ə ləns/
Definitions of benevolence word
- noun benevolence inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity 3
- noun benevolence an act of kindness 3
- noun benevolence (in the Middle Ages) a forced loan or contribution exacted by English kings from their nobility and subjects 3
- noun benevolence an inclination to do good; kindliness 3
- noun benevolence a kindly, charitable act or gift; beneficence 3
- noun benevolence a forced loan formerly levied by some English kings on their subjects 3
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Origin of benevolence
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Latin word benevolentia. See benevolent, -ence
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Parts of speech for Benevolence
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benevolence popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for benevolence
noun benevolence
- compassion — Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering.
- generosity — readiness or liberality in giving.
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- kindness — the state or quality of being kind: kindness to animals.
- gift — gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
Antonyms for benevolence
noun benevolence
- cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- harshness — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
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