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benevolent

adj
/bəˈnɛvələnt/

Etymology

From Old French benevolent, borrowed from Latin benevolēns ("benevolent"). Displaced native Old English welwillende (literally well-wishing).

  1. borrowed from benevolēns

Definitions

  1. Having a disposition to do good.

    • Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent.
    • Benevolence? vvhich ſhall I be benevolent to; or vvhich firſt? I am puſſell'd in the choice.

  2. Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.

  3. Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.

    • This bill was not a gift from a benevolent legislature; it was a victory for the community which worked for its passage.

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Derived

benevolent absolutism, benevolent assimilation, benevolent dictator for life, benevolently, benevolentness, benevolent overlord, ecobenevolent, nonbenevolent, omnibenevolent, pseudobenevolent, semibenevolent, superbenevolent, ultrabenevolent, unbenevolent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at benevolent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at benevolent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at benevolent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA