benevolence | Benevolence meaning
English[edit]Etymology[edit]Circa1400,originalsense“goodwill,dispositiontodogood”,OldFrench[1]benivolence[2]fromLatin[3]benevolentia[4](alsodirectlyfromLatin),literally“goodwill”,frombene[5](“well,good”)+volentia[6],formofvolēns[7],formofvolō[8](“Iwish”),componentscognatetoEnglishbenefit[9]andvoluntary[10],moredistantlywill[11](viaProto-Indo-European).[1]Pronunciation[edit]IPA(key[13]):/bəˈnɛvələns/[12]Audio(SouthernEngland)(file[14])Audio(Mid-Atlantic)(file[15])Noun[edit]benevolence(countab...
English[edit] Etymology[edit]Circa 1400, original sense “good will, disposition to do good”, Old French[1] benivolence[2] from Latin[3] benevolentia[4] (also directly from Latin), literally “good will”, from bene[5] (“well, good”) + volentia[6], form of volēns[7], form of volō[8] (“I wish”), components cognate to English benefit[9] and voluntary[10], more distantly will[11] (via Proto-Indo-European).[1]
Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key[13]): /bəˈnɛvələns/[12] Audio (Southern England)(file[14]) Audio (Mid-Atlantic)(file[15])Noun[edit]benevolence (countable and uncountable[16][17], plural benevolences[18])
(uncountable[19]) Disposition[20] to do good[21]. (uncountable[22]) Charitable[23] kindness[24]. (countable[25]) An altruistic[26] gift[27] or act[28]. (UK, historical[29]) A kind of forced loan[30] or contribution[31] levied by kings[32] without legal[33] authority[34], first so called under Edward IV in 1473.Antonyms[edit] Related terms[edit] Translations[edit]d...