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Another word for benevolent

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Adjective

  1. Characterized by kindness and concern for others

    See also:

    kind

    attitude

  2. Of or concerned with charity

    See also:

    kind

    give

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Another word for benevolent

Modifier
  1. See also:

    kind

    kind

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Sentence Examples

  • Long Cross Farm is reputedly haunted by a very benevolent spirit.

  • The benevolent gentleman left a further sum of $5000 to be divided among the poor.

  • It turns out, however, their motives are not so benevolent.

  • She was at first a benevolent spirit, the counterpart of Hulda in North German myth.

  • Their benevolent disposition often made them enter the cottages of the poor.

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