Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being benevolent; benevolence.
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Examples
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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