benevolent societynoun [ C ]
uk/bəˈnev.əl.ənt səˌsaɪ.ə.ti/us/bəˈnev.əl.ənt səˌsaɪ.ə.t̬i/an organization that gives money to and helps a particular group of people in need:
a benevolent society for sailors' widows
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Organizations - charities
- aid
- alms
- button day
- charity begins at home idiom
- debt relief
- flag day
- food bank
- foreign aid
- foundation
- friend
- fundraising
- non-profit
- non-profit-making
- Oxfam
- pearly king/queen
- the Peace Corps
- the Red Crescent
- the Red Cross
- voluntary
- volunteer
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