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kind, generous, or charitable
- She was a benevolent, charitable, good woman, and...Chapter 2 (9% in)
benevolent = kind or generous
- Captain Harville was a tall, dark man, with a sensible, benevolent countenance; a little lame; and from strong features and want of health, looking much older than Captain Wentworth.Chapter 11 (53% in)
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