Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being benevolent; benevolence.

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Examples

  • You caught me Erick I submit to what ever punishment your benevolency has in store for me...

    IMPORTANT DETAILS on the RedState Gathering - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009

  • Harwood immediately replied that the only benevolency so far accepted was the embarkation of stores at Montevideo by the tanker Olwen.

    Graf Spee Pope, Dudley 1956

  • The benevolency of government can easily turn on a dime to produce a monster even within a democracy, if certain freedoms such as the right to privacy are not maintained.

    Brain Blogger 2009

  • The benevolency of government can easily turn on a dime to produce a monster even within a democracy, if certain freedoms such as the right to privacy are not maintained.

    Brain Blogger 2009

  • The benevolency of government can easily turn on a dime to produce a monster even within a democracy, if certain freedoms such as the right to privacy are not maintained.

    Brain Blogger 2009

  • The benevolency of government can easily turn on a dime to produce a monster even within a democracy, if certain freedoms such as the right to privacy are not maintained.

    Brain Blogger 2009

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