English | German | Russian | Czech

benevolent English

Meaning benevolent meaning

What does benevolent mean?

benevolent

intending or showing kindness a benevolent society generous in providing aid to others (= charitable, kindly, sympathetic, large-hearted) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity was charitable in his opinions of others kindly criticism a kindly act sympathetic words a large-hearted mentor (= eleemosynary, philanthropic) generous in assistance to the poor a benevolent contributor eleemosynary relief philanthropic contributions

Synonyms benevolent synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as benevolent?

Topics benevolent topics

What do people use benevolent to talk about?

Examples benevolent examples

How do I use benevolent in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He was a benevolent old man who volunteered to mow his neighbors' lawns for free.
Utterly different from Tom was his friend John, who was kind and benevolent.
She's a benevolent witch.
The treatment was made possible by a benevolent donor.

Movie subtitles

I even tend to be more benevolent with women.
And I am glad to be able to tell you that one result is that the sum of one hundred and thirty-one pounds, two and sixpence will be handed over to the War Nurses' Benevolent Fund.
Lord, let thy most benevolent blessing fall upon these, thy children. and through thy grace, bring to them peace and contentment. to the end of their days. Thank you.
Every shopper in New York City thinks of Macy as a benevolent soul.
A benevolent mind, and the face assumes the patterns of benevolence.
Beneath your benevolent exterior, you're as hard as nails.
It is again my duty to remind you. that it is the benevolent custom of Rome to grant amnesty to one prisoner of your choosing. on each anniversary of the Passover.
But you can't be less wicked. than your enemies simply because your government's policy is benevolent.
Even when it's pleasant and benevolent, you prefer death.
We accept that your Federation is benevolent at present, but the future is always in question.
You saw how capricious he is. Benevolent one minute, angry the next.
A rival, or rather a companion who beat me in everything, but who watched me from a benevolent distance.
It makes me benevolent with you.
Do you want to see it grow more powerful? More benevolent, until it embraces every human soul on this earth?
Having an evening at home for Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Dribblepuss and the members of the Big Sisters Benevolent Association?
If he'd done it last year, we might have beat the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
I always do that when we raise money for the Police Benevolent Fund.
Benevolent neutrality.
It is again my duty to remind you. that it is the benevolent custom of Rome to grant amnesty to one prisoner of your choosing.
I had no idea you were that interested in the Air Force Benevolent Fund.
You could make your personal donation to the Air Force Benevolent Fund.
Benevolent one minute, angry the next. One wrong move from her and he could kill her.
It seems almost. benevolent.
A rival, or rather a companion who surpassed me in everything,.but who watched me from a benevolent distance.
I am Pietro Rossi. I regret that I'm not the gentle brother, so benevolent so simple.
I don't care how benevolent the Medusans are supposed to be, isn't it suicidal to deal with something ugly enough to drive men mad?
They say he is very benevolent with beautiful women.
I gotta go to a meeting of the Custodian Benevolent Society.
If my information is correct, that criminal, that robber -I can't recall his name - felt overcome by that same power. a benevolent power that only the great in spirit possess.
But even the most benevolent judge is bound bythe laws.
He called on us to provide. more benevolent treatment for the slaves.
A monument to the benevolent genius of the country.
You said they were benevolent and peaceful.
Benevolent one minute, angry the next.
Mind you, they were manifestations of a much more benevolent kind.
Well, I'll send it on to the Benevolent Association.
How formidably benevolent he seems.

News and current affairs

This policy, which Israelis view to be benevolent, supposes that economic integration of Arabs and Jews is possible without modifying the Zionist concept of Israel as a Jewish state.
In fact, Europe's much-vaunted social model is more a dream than a reality, the dream of a cozy world in which a benevolent state looks after us.
Or should it be controlled by a benevolent state that doles out life-enhancing genes to all its newly conceived children?
Dialogue, as benevolent as it may be, can't resolve questions related to people's freedom of movement, or to the sharing of territory or natural resources.
In the second half of the twentieth century, Europe had the chance to build a much more benevolent form of regionalism.
Nor are they set to become a benevolent, altruistic power, ready to use their new strength and reputation to improve the stability of the international system.
Keynesian economics, in turn, abstracted from the problem of official incompetence and corruption by assuming that governments were run by omniscient, benevolent experts.
France's benevolent paternalism penalizes the young beyond the labor market as well.
Either way, the premise that the US should lead forcefully rests on the idea that without a benevolent hegemonic power to police the world, chaos will ensue and more malevolent forces will take over.
Prometheus was a benevolent monarch who scattered the fruits of progress among his people.
Confucianism was essentially a philosophical justification of government by benevolent bureaucracy under a virtuous ruler.
The emperor was the supreme paterfamilias, his benevolent rule reciprocated by the obedience of his ministers and subjects, while family members were fixed in their appropriate hierarchical relationships.
The attempt to impose a benevolent creditors' dictatorship is now being met by a debtors' revolt.
While these pseudo-religions collapsed, a benevolent ideology of social democracy dominated much of Europe.
A benevolent God keeps the immigrant from being stopped by the police.
As much as we all value the rise of new powers like China and India, it remains to be seen whether these countries will become as benevolent a power as America, however flawed, has been over the past half-century.
The broader message from the Greek and French elections is that the attempt to impose a benevolent creditors' dictatorship is now being met by a debtors' revolt.
Minorities do well in empires, especially benevolent empires.
The idea that the Chinese regime would quickly reform the country into an open, moderate, and benevolent giant was either a fraud, a gigantic misperception, or wishful thinking.
Unfortunately, many of the most benevolent provisions have since been discarded.

Are you looking for...?