benevolence

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

benevolences

1.
(uncountable)Disposition to do good.
gesture of benevolence
show benevolence
spirit of benevolence
She smiled with benevolence at the children.
2.
(uncountable)Charitable kindness.
His acts of benevolence earned him great respect.
3.
(countable)An altruistic gift or act.
4.
(UK, countable, historical, uncountable)A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.

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malevolence

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omnibenevolence unbenevolence

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Circa 1400, original sense “good will, disposition to do good”, fro benivolence from la benevolentia (also directly from Latin), literally “good will”, from bene (well, good) + volentia, form of volēns, form of volō (to wish), components cognate to English benefit and voluntary, more distantly will (via Proto-Indo-European).