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Meanings of benignity in English

Catalan
benignitat

The quality of being kind and gentle.

benignitat
Portuguese
bondade
Catalan
amabilitat
Spanish
bondad

A kind act.

bondade
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Examples for "kindness"
Examples for "kindness"
1
Did not the de Lacys' kindness bring out the good in him?'
Frankenstein
2
Yamaguchi explains: We believe that technology has the power to amplify kindness.
The South African
3
And basic human kindness would also help go a long way too.
News.com.au
4
But almost every person who asked us a question asked with kindness.
Funny in Farsi
5
It extinguishes natural affection; and no subsequent kindness can rekindle the flame.
The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
Usage of benignity in English
1
Thorpe continued to gaze at us, but the benignity had left him.
Shadowland
2
The great man smiled again, with a more intolerable benignity than before.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1
3
A smile of bland benignity played upon his passionless and reverend countenance.
The Infernal Marriage
4
Ishmael turned and smiled upon them with benignity, as he replied sweetly:
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
5
Knowest thou not that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
6
Ineffable delight, blended with a divine benignity, beamed over the hero's countenance.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, V...
7
But I solicit her benignity only in the cause of Clemenza.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
8
Not so the Virgin; she is represented as all mercy, sympathy, and benignity.
Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
9
With the return of happiness a gentle benignity flowed from the aged Queen.
Queen Victoria
10
If he hated anything-inhis universal benignity-Vauvenargueshated a rigid puritanism.
Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France
11
Experience had evinced the benignity of that being who gave it.
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
12
They offer their services with all the benignity and cordiality possible.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
13
Take away the law-establishment, and every religion re-assumes its original benignity.
The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights ...
14
The stranger stayed her speech with a look of great benignity.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
15
She looks down with sad benignity upon the American military government.
The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
16
And citizens saluted him with respect and he responded with benignity.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
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Translations for benignity
Spanish
bondad
Benignity through the time
Benignity across language varieties
United Kingdom
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