benevolence
Meanings
Plural: benevolences
Noun
- disposition to do good
- an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
- an act intending or showing kindness and good will
- Disposition to do good.
- Charitable kindness.
- An altruistic gift or act.
- A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.
Origin / 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).
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Scrabble Score: 18
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Words With Friends Score: 24
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