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Meanings of good will in English

Portuguese
goodwill
Spanish
buena voluntad

A disposition to kindness and compassion.

goodwill
Synonyms
Examples for "grace"
Examples for "grace"
1
They hope so; and they take heart of grace to believe so.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
2
We wish that a baby will soon grace your family, Knotgrass said.
Maleficent
3
Still, there was something; the same strange quality; the same forward-springing grace.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
4
I hoped to age with that high level of grace and confidence.
The incumbent
5
The debt will run for 11 years with a three-year grace period.
Reuters
1
Outcome: another disaster whose cost is now entirely dependent on Capello's goodwill.
The Guardian
2
However, that spirit of goodwill didn't make it past the summer months.
The South African
3
Remember when the World Health Organisation made Robert Mugabe its goodwill ambassador?
The Daily Telegraph
4
No amount of mutual goodwill can halt the passage of time, however.
The Guardian
5
The first 100 were let in free as a gesture of goodwill.
Class of 88
Usage of good will in English
1
And it's all made possible by the good will of local citizens.
Radio NZ
2
With good will on both sides, good progress has already been made.
The Guardian
3
Everywhere you go people always ask how good will Andy Farrell be?
The Irish Times
4
Or even any hope that anything good will happen to me... ever.
Assholes finish first
5
For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
6
A game could be one way to generate some much-needed good will.
Wired
7
For the intellectual of good will, Communism is a struggle of conscience.
The God That Failed
8
The good will of the people still followed him in every fortune.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
9
Sir, I am here to convey Vespasian's offer of his good will.
Shadows in Bronze
10
The first-quarter results showed no impairment of good will and no writedowns.
Reuters
11
My orisons consist in peace and good will, in resignation and hope.
The Last Man
12
The Americans were treated graciously and toasts of good will were raised.
The new yorker
13
And just what good will it do to make his nation carbon-neutral?
The Guardian
14
The definite pursuit of the higher good will deaden the lower anxieties.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
15
General Montgomery demonstrated his good will to me, with the Silver Star.
The Young Lions
16
There is a means; but, Julio, it requires good will and resolution.
The Amulet
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Translations for good will
Portuguese
goodwill
Good will through the time
Good will across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common