All 7 Uses of
benevolent
in
Crime and Punishment
- "Listen, Razumihin," Raskolnikov began quietly, apparently calm—"can't you see that I don't want your benevolence?†
Chpt 2.6
- "Why, Mr. Razumihin, I do believe you'd let anybody beat you from sheer benevolence."†
Chpt 2.6
- In the first place, because I can reason that I am one, and secondly, because for a month past I have been troubling benevolent Providence, calling it to witness that not for my own fleshly lusts did I undertake it, but with a grand and noble object—ha-ha!†
Chpt 3.6
- Pyotr Petrovitch deliberately drew out a cambric handkerchief reeking of scent and blew his nose with an air of a benevolent man who felt himself slighted, and was firmly resolved to insist on an explanation.†
Chpt 4.2
- Could it be simply to conceal it from me, knowing that my convictions are opposed to yours and that I do not approve of private benevolence, which effects no radical cure?†
Chpt 5.3
- For I know, some benevolent people are very fond of decking out their charitable actions in that way.†
Chpt 5.3
- What is your motive for such benevolence?
Chpt 5.5 *benevolence = kindness or generosity
Definition:
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(benevolent) kind, generous, or charitable