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Definition of benevolences in English English dictionary

benevolence
an altruistic gift or act
benevolence
charitable kindness
benevolence
disposition to do good
benevolence
any act of kindness or well-doing
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{n} good-will, kindness, a free gift
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Subscribing five dollars towards the relief of one's aged grandfather in the almshouse, and publishing it in the newspaper
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An act of kindness; good done; charity given
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an act intending or showing kindness and good will
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A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity
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an act intending or showing kindness and good will an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
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{i} generosity, kindness
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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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an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
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(be·nev·o·lence) NOUN: An inclination to perform kind, charitable acts It refers to various efforts of people in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to do good and exerted a deep moral and religious resonance in American Protestant cultural life
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An act of kindness or generosity See also: Benefactor, Donor Topic areas: Fundraising and Financial Sustainability