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Another word for benevolent

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benevolent

modif.

kind, generous, altruistic, helpful; see kind. See syn. study at kind.

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Another word for benevolent

adjective

Characterized by kindness and concern for others:
altruistic, beneficent, benign, benignant, good, goodhearted, kind¹, kindhearted, kindly. See attitude, kind
Of or concerned with charity:
altruistic, charitable, eleemosynary, philanthropic, philanthropical. See give, kind

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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.
Gods may behave toward us in ways that we perceive as cruel for entirely benevolent motives.
Their benevolent disposition often made them enter the cottages of the poor.

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