benevolence /bi-nevˈə-ləns/

1. Disposition to do good
2. An act of kindness
3. Generosity
4. A gift of money, esp for support of the poor
5. A kind of forced loan or contribution, levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473 (Eng hist)

benevˈolent adjective

1. Charitable, generous
2. Kindly, well-disposed

benevˈolently adverb

• cretinism
• cretinisms
• cretinize
• cretinized
• cretinizes
• cretinizing
• cretinoid
• cretinous
• cretins
• cretism
• cretisms
• dog's disease
• dog's-ear
• dog's-eared
• dog's-earing
• dog's-ears
• dog's-fennel
• dogship
• dogships
• dogshores
• dog-sick
• dogskin
• dogskins
• dogsled
• dog sledge