All 3 Uses of
benevolent
in
Great Expectations
- One person of mild and benevolent aspect even gave me a tract ornamented with a woodcut of a malevolent young man fitted up with a perfect sausage-shop of fetters, and entitled TO BE READ IN MY CELL.†
Chpt 13
- It was right to do it, it was kind to do it, it was benevolent to do it, and he would do it again.
Chpt 58 *benevolent = kind or generous
- I have no objections to your mentioning, either up town or down town, if such should be your wishes, that it was right to do it, kind to do it, benevolent to do it, and that I would do it again.†
Chpt 58
Definition:
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(benevolent) kind, generous, or charitable