Definitions of benevolence [əˈnɛv ə ləns]

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Definition of 'benevolence'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) benevolence
desire to do good to others; goodwill; charity.

2. benevolence
an act of kindness; charitable gift.

3. benevolence
(formerly) a forced contribution to an English sovereign.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L)

Definition of 'benevolence'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) benevolence
disposition to do good

2. (noun) benevolence
an inclination to do kind or charitable acts

3. (noun) benevolence, benefaction
an act intending or showing kindness and good will

Definition of 'benevolence'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) benevolence
the disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness

2. (noun) benevolence
an act of kindness; good done; charity given

3. (noun) benevolence
a species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity

Definitions of 'benevolence'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. benevolence
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 Parliament; first enforced in 1473, declared illegal in 1689.

Translation of 'benevolence'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: generosity and desire to do good.
Afrikaans: welwillendheid	Arabic: إحسان، رغبة في عمل إحْسان	Bulgarian: доброжелателство
Brazilian: benevolência	Czech: shovívavost, blahovůle	German: das Wohlwollen
Danish: godhjertethed; generøsite	Greek: καλοσύνη	Spanish: benevolencia
Estonian: heatahtlikkus	Farsi: خیرخواهی؛ سخاوت	Finnish: hyväntahtoisuus
French: bienveillance	Hebrew: נְדִיבוּת	Hindi: भलाई
Croatian: dobra volja	Hungarian: jóindulat	Indonesian: kedermawanan, kebajikan,
Icelandic: góðvild	Italian: benevolenza	Japanese: 慈悲
Korean: 자비심	Lithuanian: dosnumas, linkėjimas gero	Latvian: labvēlība; labsirdība; au
Malay: sifat suka membuat kebaik	Dutch: vrijgevigheid, welwillend	Norwegian: sjenerøsitet, velvilje
Polish: życzliwość	Persian: خیرخواهی؛ سخاوت	Portuguese: benevolência
Romanian: bunăvoinţă, mărinimie	Russian: доброжелательность	Slovak: benevolencia, zhovievavos
Slovenian: dobrohotnost	Serbian: dobrodušnost	Swedish: välvilja
Thai: ความเมตตากรุณา	Turkish: cömertlik, yardımseverlik	Taiwanese: 仁慈，樂善好施
Ukrainian: доброзичливість; милосерд	Urdu: نیکی ، فیض رسانی	Vietnamese: lòng nhân từ
Chinese: 仁慈，善行
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