About The Word Benevolent

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Benevolent

Benevolent Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Benevolent?
[adj] having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others; "his benevolent smile"; "a benevolent nature"
[adj] generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [adj] generous in providing aid to others [adj] doing or producing good [adj] intending or showing kindness; "a benevolent society" Synonyms | Synonyms for Benevolent: eleemosynary | freehearted | generous | good | good-hearted | gracious | kind | kindly | openhearted | philanthropic Related Terms | Find terms related to Benevolent: accommodating | advantageous | affable | agreeable | almsgiving | altruistic | amiable | amicable | auspicious | beneficent | beneficial | benign | benignant | big | bighearted | bon | bonny | braw | bueno | capital | caring | charitable | chivalrous | cogent | commendable | compassionate | complaisant | compliant | conciliatory | considerate | cooperative | decent | eleemosynary | elegant | estimable | excellent | expedient | fair | famous | favorable | fine | forbearing | forgiving | freehearted | friendly | generous | good | goodly | gracious | grand | greathearted | healthy | helpful | humane | humanitarian | indulgent | kind | kindly | kindly-disposed | largehearted | laudable | liberal | lofty | longanimous | long-suffering | magnanimous | neighborly | nice | noble | obliging | openhanded | open-handed | overindulgent | overpermissive | patient | permissive | philanthropic | placable | pleasant | profitable | propitious | public-spirited | regal | royal | salutary | skillful | sound | sparing | splendid | sympathetic | tenderhearted | thoughtful | tolerant | unresentful | unrevengeful | useful | valid | very good | virtuous | warm-hearted | welfare | welfare statist | welfarist | well-affected | well-disposed | well-intentioned | well-meaning | well-meant See Also | beneficent | charitable Benevolent In Webster's Dictionary \Be*nev"o*lent\, a. [L. benevolens, -entis; bene well
(adv. of bonus good) + volens, p. pr. of volo I will, I wish.
See {Bounty}, and {Voluntary}.]
Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting
love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and
happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind;
charitable. -- {Be*nev"o*lent*ly}, adv.
Syn: {Benevolent}, {Beneficent}.
Usage: Etymologically considered, benevolent implies wishing
well to others, and beneficent, doing well. But by
degrees the word benevolent has been widened to
include not only feelings, but actions; thus, we speak
of benevolent operations, benevolent labors for the
public good, benevolent societies. In like manner,
beneficent is now often applied to feelings; thus, we
speak of the beneficent intentions of a donor. This
extension of the terms enables us to mark nicer shades
of meaning. Thus, the phrase ``benevolent labors''
turns attention to the source of these labors, viz.,
benevolent feeling; while beneficent would simply mark
them as productive of good. So, ``beneficent
intentions'' point to the feelings of the donor as
bent upon some specific good act; while ``benevolent
intentions'' would only denote a general wish and
design to do good.
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