benevolent
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Definitions & Usage
Having a disposition to do good.
Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“Benevolence? vvhich ſhall I be benevolent to; or vvhich firſt? I am puſſell'd in the choice.”
— 1641 or 1642 (first performance), Richard Brome, A Joviall Crew: Or, The Merry Beggars. Presented in a Comedie, […], London: […] J[ames] Y[oung] for E[dward] D[od] and N[athaniel] E[kins] […], published 1652, →OCLC, Act III, signature [H4], recto:
“This bill was not a gift from a benevolent legislature; it was a victory for the community which worked for its passage.”
— 1989 December 24, Kevin M. Cathcart, “Homophobia Never Innocent”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 24, page 5: