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benignity
[ bih-nig-ni-tee ]
noun
- the quality of being benign; kindness.
- Archaic. a good deed or favor; an instance of kindness:
benignities born of selfless devotion.
benignity
/ bɪˈnɪɡnɪtɪ /
noun
- the quality of being benign; favourable attitude
- a kind or gracious act
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Other Words From
- unbe·nigni·ty noun plural unbenignities
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Word History and Origins
Origin of benignity1
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Example Sentences
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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