Benignity: alternatives and connections

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; go…

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The act of conferring a benefit.

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The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.

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The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.

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Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

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an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"

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The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.

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The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.

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Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Kind; gracious; favorable.

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Kind; gracious; favorable.

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Benignant quality; kindliness.

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Quality of being gracious.

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The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.

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The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.

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