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Disposition to do good.uncountable
- gesture of benevolence
- show benevolence
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Charitable kindness.uncountable
- His acts of benevolence earned him great respect.
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An altruistic gift or act.countable
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A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.UKcountablehistorical
ant. malevolence