meaning of benevolence
1. The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
2. An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
3. A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
4. an act intending or showing kindness and good will
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