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# benevolence

«benevolence» in Mova's school dictionary: **kindness and goodwill; wanting good things for others and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural in common use)

### meaning for a pupil

Benevolence is kindness and goodwill; wanting good things for others and helping them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolence/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the kindness of a good ruler or family who feeds and clothes the poor; a grander word than «kindness»

### examples

- They showed great benevolence to the poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolence/#x1)
- Her benevolence fed every hungry child in town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolence/#x2)
- The king's benevolence made the people happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolence/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «benevolence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benevolence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.