"benevolence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈnɛvələns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-benevolence.wav , en-us-benevolence.ogg Forms: benevolences [plural]
Etymology: Circa 1400, original sense “good will, disposition to do good”, Old French benivolence from Latin benevolentia (also directly from Latin), literally “good will”, from bene (“well, good”) + volentia, form of volēns, form of volō (“I wish”), components cognate to English benefit and voluntary, more distantly will (via Proto-Indo-European). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*welh₁-}}, {{uder|en|fro|benivolence}} Old French benivolence, {{uder|en|la|benevolentia}} Latin benevolentia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} benevolence (countable and uncountable, plural benevolences)
  1. (uncountable) Disposition to do good. Tags: uncountable Translations (disposition to do good): φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), النزعَة إلى الخير [feminine, masculine] (Arabic), доброжела́телност (dobroželátelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), benevolència [feminine] (Catalan), 仁慈 (réncí) (Chinese Mandarin), (rén) (Chinese Mandarin), 慈悲 (cíbēi) (Chinese Mandarin), velvilje [common-gender] (Danish), gulheid [feminine] (Dutch), welwillendheid [feminine] (Dutch), hyväntahtoisuus (Finnish), bienveillance [feminine] (French), bénévolence (French), largueza [feminine] (Galician), Gutmütigkeit [feminine] (German), καλοσύνη (kalosýni) [feminine] (Greek), jóindulat [singular] (Hungarian), örlæti (Icelandic), bonvolo (Ido), dea-mhéin [feminine] (Irish), (jin) (alt: じん) (Japanese), 慈悲 (jihi) (alt: じひ) (Japanese), benevolentia [feminine] (Latin), доброна́мерност (dobronámernost) [feminine] (Macedonian), благонакло́нетост (blagonaklónetost) [feminine] (Macedonian), welwillendnes [feminine] (Old English), benewolencja [archaic, feminine] (Polish), łaskawość [feminine] (Polish), przychylność [feminine] (Polish), życzliwość [feminine] (Polish), dobroć [feminine] (Polish), benevolência [feminine] (Portuguese), bunăvoință [feminine] (Romanian), благожела́тельность (blagoželátelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), доброжела́тельность (dobroželátelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), доброта́ (dobrotá) [feminine] (Russian), ми́лость (mílostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), benevolencia [feminine] (Spanish), välvilja [common-gender] (Swedish), hayırseverlik (Turkish), yardımseverlik (Turkish), iyilikseverlik (Turkish), esirgemezlik (Turkish), himmet (Turkish), доброзичли́вість (dobrozyčlývistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), зичли́вість (zyčlývistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-benevolence-en-noun-1a~rEURD Disambiguation of 'disposition to do good': 98 0 0 1
  2. (uncountable) Charitable kindness. Tags: uncountable Translations (charitable kindness): anteliaisuus (Finnish), αγαθοεργία (agathoergía) [feminine] (Greek), jótékonyság [singular] (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-benevolence-en-noun-Ukhta~cH Disambiguation of 'charitable kindness': 0 98 1 1
  3. (countable) An altruistic gift or act. Tags: countable Translations (altruistic gift or act): مساعده (müsâʼade) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-benevolence-en-noun-SMxICGdB Disambiguation of 'altruistic gift or act': 0 0 99 1
  4. (UK, historical) A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473. Tags: UK, countable, historical, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: omnibenevolence, unbenevolence

Inflected forms

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          "word": "bunăvoință"
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          "word": "anteliaisuus"
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      "word": "доброзичли́вість"
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      "word": "anteliaisuus"
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      "roman": "agathoergía",
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      "roman": "müsâʼade",
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