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as in kindness
an act of kind assistance
self-effacing as well as selfless, he refused all public acknowledgement of his many benevolences to the community
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as in friendship
kindly concern, interest, or support
her benevolence towards her employees was such that she actually let one live in her home temporarily
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as in tenderness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others
an actress who was admired for her benevolence as for her beauty
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Recent Examples of benevolence
Practicing compassion, empathy and benevolence will help us on our quest — so put your best foot forward and show others how to love each other and fight for their beliefs.
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Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 16 Aug. 2024
Research has established that when weighing whether to trust someone, people generally make judgments about their competence, benevolence, and integrity.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 May 2025
To overcome the paradox, leaders must establish trust based on its three foundational elements: ability, benevolence, and integrity.
—Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
In other words, the flexibility Trump espouses doesn’t seem so much a one-sided benevolence but a strategy to bend others’ wills.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 16 Aug. 2024
Research has established that when weighing whether to trust someone, people generally make judgments about their competence, benevolence, and integrity.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 May 2025
To overcome the paradox, leaders must establish trust based on its three foundational elements: ability, benevolence, and integrity.
—Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
In other words, the flexibility Trump espouses doesn’t seem so much a one-sided benevolence but a strategy to bend others’ wills.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for benevolence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benevolence
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But in the fleet, pacey manner of the editing, toggling between private and public moments with highlight-reel efficiency, the film is a stirring glimpse of top-down kindness as a winning leadership style.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Critically, the Predator’s language is translated so that the three warriors can understand their captors, but that kindness does not extend to letting the prisoners understand each other.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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The lounge space — accounting for about 10% of the building — is intended to build community and friendships which UConn believes is essential to academic success.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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For example, developing social skills builds leadership, friendship, social comfort, and peer relationship skills.—
Davon Loeb,
Parents,
7 June 2025
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Another pitcher injured Tony Gonsolin has been put on the IL with tenderness in his pitching elbow.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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In an almost prismatic way the audience is let into each of the characters’ perspectives and vulnerabilities and their capacities for tenderness.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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This is one of the most important services of their lives.—
Buddha Lo,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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The drop was largely due to a contraction in the services sector, which took a knock after the government ended a tax break for some home buyers.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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Such a life of snippets from childhood to young adulthood shows the initial foundation of a journey driven by great wine and fantastic food, shared in an atmosphere of generosity and wonderment.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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His integrity and generosity of spirit touched everyone who had the privilege to work with him.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
5 June 2025
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As a result, the National Research Act of 1974 led to the Belmont Report, which identified ethical principles essential to human research: respect for persons, beneficence and justice.—
Christine Coughlin,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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Had there been even a modicum of creativity and beneficence in the baseball offices abutting the Allegheny, the team could have had their cake and eaten it too.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
4 Oct. 2024
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When sending and receiving payments, SMBs can find themselves at the mercy of exchange rates.—
Visa Contributor,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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But Cuomo and others are wrong to assume that the city is at the mercy of Capitol lawmakers.—
Paul Sonn,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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Ring In 2017, a study in the journal Science Advances concluded this friendliness may have been a result of genetic changes over an extended period of time.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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This isn’t the kind of spa where employees avoid your eyeline or won’t greet you in the hallways for fear of interrupting your inner peace, and this genuine friendliness comes as a welcome surprise in the often-intimidating heart of Hollywood.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
3 June 2025
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“Benevolence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benevolence. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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