benignity

noun

Definition of benignitynext
as in kindness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others a doctor who extends to all of her patients, both rich and poor, the same measure of gentle benignity

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  1. kindness
  2. tenderness
  3. beneficence
Noun
  • Come back to kindness and your anxiety will come down to calm.
    Sandy Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • And while the circumstances may have been different with each encounter, nearly everyone sharing their story, remarked on Elvis’ kindness, generosity, and deep appreciation for those who loved and supported his music.
    Pam Windsor, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of kindness
Noun
  • Symptoms include bruising, swelling, tenderness, and pain.
    Laura Schober, Health, 16 Jan. 2025
  • There’s tenderness also in Bob’s visits to his trailblazing hero Guthrie (Scoot McNairy), by 1961 hospitalized with Huntington’s disease and nonverbal.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of tenderness
Noun
  • Professional guidelines, such as those set by the American Psychological Association, emphasize the principles of integrity, justice and beneficence.
    Philip Caldwell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Christmastime in 1960s Japan Julia Métraux December 20, 2022 In the years following World War II, the Japanese people looked to Santa Claus as a symbol of not just kindness and beneficence, but of modernity.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of beneficence
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