All 4 Uses
benevolent
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Sense and Sensibility
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- Benevolent, philanthropic man!†
Chpt 21benevolent = kind, generous, or charitable
- out of the benevolence of her heart, that she had asked these young women to her house
Chpt 37 *benevolence = kindness
- —Her emotion was such as Mrs. Jennings had attributed to a very different cause;—but whatever minor feelings less pure, less pleasing, might have a share in that emotion, her esteem for the general benevolence, and her gratitude for the particular friendship, which together prompted Colonel Brandon to this act, were strongly felt, and warmly expressed.†
Chpt 39benevolence = kindness and goodwill
- You judged from your knowledge of the Colonel's general benevolence; but at least you could not foresee that the opportunity would so very soon occur.†
Chpt 40
Definitions:
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(1)
(benevolent) kind, generous, or charitable
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)