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Meanings of benevolence in English

Portuguese
benevolência
Catalan
benevolència

Disposition to do good.

        benevolência
        Portuguese
        benevolência
        Spanish
        benévolo

        Good disposition to others.

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              benevolência

              An act intending or showing kindness and good will.

                    Human character trait.

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                          Usage of benevolence in English
                          1
                          The complaint is, want of benevolence in the hero of the tale.
                          Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
                          2
                          Uprightness is the beauty of integrity; goodness is the loveliness of benevolence.
                          The True Citizen: How to Become One
                          3
                          He was unwearied in acts of benevolence and in bestowal of favors.
                          General History for Colleges and High Schools
                          4
                          Spirituality is more than benevolence in the ordinary sense of the term.
                          The Essentials of Spirituality
                          5
                          Its benevolence was beyond question, a benevolence almost humbling in its honesty.
                          The evolutionary void
                          6
                          Another wants the organ of benevolence; and his case is equally hopeless.
                          Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Inter...
                          7
                          In other words, the path to wealth is the path of benevolence.
                          The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 04, April, 1889
                          8
                          A gift is nothing if there is no benevolence in the giver:
                          England and the War
                          9
                          Joy and benevolence were wholly wanting in the composition of his character.
                          History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 01
                          10
                          Hence the peculiar merit of benevolence in all its shapes and appearances.
                          A Treatise of Human Nature
                          11
                          The rest of my life has been spent in acts of benevolence.
                          Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
                          12
                          Such is our present attitude in relation to the work of benevolence.
                          The Faithful Steward / Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential o...
                          13
                          Justice and benevolence result from the elementary laws of the human mind.
                          A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays
                          14
                          And the blue eyes rested on the clergyman with a benevolence unfeigned.
                          The Inside of the Cup — Volume 03
                          15
                          It is this which stimulates his benevolence in so lively a manner.
                          The Monikins
                          16
                          You have done an act of duty and benevolence both in one.
                          The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
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                          Translations for benevolence
                          Portuguese
                          benevolência
                          Benevolence through the time
                          Benevolence across language varieties
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