Meaning of BENIGNITY
| Pronunciation: | | bi'nignitee
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- [n] a kind act
- [n] the quality of being kind and gentle
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| | Synonyms: | | benignancy, graciousness, kindness |
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| | Antonyms: | | malignance, malignancy, malignity | | |
| | See Also: | | action, benefaction, benevolence, consideration, cupboard love, endearment, favor, favour, forgiveness, good, goodness, pardon, thoughtfulness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*nig"ni*ty\, n. [OE. benignite, F. b['e]nignit['e],
OF. b['e]nignet['e], fr. L. benignitas. See {Benign}.]
1. The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness;
graciousness. ``Benignity of aspect.'' --Sir W. Scott.
2. Mildness; gentleness.
The benignity or inclemency of the season.
--Spectator.
3. Salubrity; wholesome quality. --Wiseman.
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| | Related Terms: | | accommodatingness, act of grace, act of kindness, advantageousness, affability, affectionateness, agreeableness, amiability, auspiciousness, benefaction, beneficence, beneficialness, benefit, benevolence, benignancy, blessing, brightness, brotherhood, cheerfulness, cheeriness, class, cogency, compassion, complaisance, compliance, courtesy, decency, desert, excellence, expedience, fairness, favor, favorableness, feeling of kinship, fellow feeling, fineness, first-rateness, fortunateness, fraternal feeling, generousness, good auspices, good deed, good offices, good omen, good turn, goodliness, goodness, goodness of heart, grace, graciosity, graciousness, harmlessness, healthiness, heart of gold, helpfulness, humaneness, humanity, hurtlessness, innocence, innocuousness, inoffensiveness, kind deed, kind offices, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindly act, kindly disposition, kindness, labor of love, loving kindness, luckiness, mercy, merit, mitzvah, niceness, obligation, obligingness, office, pleasantness, profitableness, propitiousness, prosperousness, quality, rewardingness, service, skillfulness, softheartedness, soul of kindness, soundness, superiority, sympathy, tenderheartedness, turn, uninjuriousness, unobnoxiousness, usefulness, validity, value, virtue, virtuousness, warmheartedness, warmth, warmth of heart, wholeness, worth |
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