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benignity

[ bih-nig-ni-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural be·nig·ni·ties.

the quality of being benign; kindness.
Archaic. a good deed or favor; an instance of kindness:
benignities born of selfless devotion.

benignity

/ bɪˈnɪɡnɪtɪ /

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English benignite, from Middle French, Old French, from Latin benignitās; benign, -ity

And with him was old Lord Gervase Scoresby, his friend and cousin, the very incarnation of benignity and ruddy health.

The great man smiled again, with a more intolerable benignity than before.

And the man looking on the woman saw one whose brow had all quiet, whose heart had all benignity.

It was perhaps the feeling of his great strength, of his possible fierceness that gave the touch of benignity to him.

The gentleness and benignity of his disposition never made him forget what was due to discipline.

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