benevolence
21benevolence — noun Date: 14th century 1. disposition to do good 2. a. an act of kindness b. a generous gift 3. a compulsory levy by certain English kings with no other authority than the claim of prerogative …
22benevolence — noun a) disposition to do good b) charitable kindness …
23benevolence — General desire for the good of others, and disposition to act so as to further that good. Moral philosophers may be more or less optimistic about the intensity and scope of such desire, or its general presence in human nature. See altruism,… …
24benevolence — Synonyms and related words: BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, accommodatingness, act of grace, act of kindness, advantageousness, affability, agape, agreeableness, altruism, amiability, amity, auspiciousness, benefaction,… …
25BENEVOLENCE — the name of a forced tax exacted from the people by certain kings of England, and which, under Charles I., became so obnoxious as to occasion the demand of the PETITION OF RIGHTS (q.v.), that no tax should be levied without consent of… …
26benevolence — be·nev·o·lence || bɪ nevÉ™lÉ™ns n. generosity, kindness …
27benevolence — obsolete an arbitrary tax Literally, generosity. English monarchs extracted such taxation from their rich subjects under the guise of loans which were described as benevolences but never repaid. The 1689 Bill of Rights brought this… …
28benevolence — welwillendnes …
29benevolence — n. 1. Kindness, benignity, kind heartedness, humanity, humaneness, philanthropy, tenderness, charitableness, good will, altruism, unselfishness, disposition to do good, milk of human kindness. 2. Charity, benefaction, beneficence, alms giving,… …
30benevolence — n 1. kindness, goodness, graciousness, humanitarianism, humanity, love; tenderness, compassion, clemency, kindliness. See beneficence (def.1). 2. present, gift, largesse; contribution, donation. See beneficence (def. 2) …
