benignity

noun

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
  • And where the kindness of others helped make his own remarkable journey here in America and the Fox Valley possible.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Tristan, teens going to Patriots game Word of their acts of kindness caught the attention of Michael Intoccia, who saw the story on WBZ-TV.
    — Paul Burton, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of kindness
Noun
  • Comic portraits, cruel melodrama and humane charity of heartbreaking tenderness explode onto the teeming streets of Victorian London.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Turning back toward her tour guide, Carina appreciated the tenderness in Isabelle’s voice.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of tenderness
Noun
  • Medical ethics pairs the duty to do no harm with beneficence, which is an affirmative obligation to do good.
    — Jessica Fishman, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The anti-catalog exposed, after the fact of the Bicentennial, the grotesqueries of corporate beneficence and private boosters that had supplemented the government’s project.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of beneficence
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“Benignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benignity. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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