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id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">benevolence</span></h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body"> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wiktionary, the free dictionary</div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="contentSub2"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav"></div> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#mw-head">Jump to navigation</a> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#searchInput">Jump to search</a> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="disambig-see-also"><i>See also:</i> <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A9n%C3%A9volence" title="bénévolence">bénévolence</a></b></div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#English"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">English</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Noun"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Antonyms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Antonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Derived_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Related_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Related terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=benevolence&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolence" class="extiw" title="w:Benevolence">Benevolence</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolence" class="extiw" title="w:Benevolence">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=benevolence&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Circa 1400, original sense “good will, disposition to do good”, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=benivolence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="benivolence (page does not exist)">benivolence</a></i> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/benevolentia#Latin" title="benevolentia">benevolentia</a></i> (also directly from Latin), literally “good will”, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/bene#Latin" title="bene">bene</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">well, good</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/volentia#Latin" title="volentia">volentia</a></i>, form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/volens#Latin" title="volens">volēns</a></i>, form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/volo#Latin" title="volo">volō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">I wish</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, components cognate to English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/benefit#English" title="benefit">benefit</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/voluntary#English" title="voluntary">voluntary</a></i>, more distantly <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/will#English" title="will">will</a></i> (via Proto-Indo-European).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=benevolence&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/bəˈnɛvələns/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span 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width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-benevolence.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-benevolence.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-benevolence.ogg/En-us-benevolence.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-benevolence.ogg" title="File:en-us-benevolence.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=benevolence&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">benevolence</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/benevolences#English" title="benevolences">benevolences</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/disposition" title="disposition">Disposition</a> to do <a href="/wiki/good" title="good">good</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/charitable" title="charitable">Charitable</a> <a href="/wiki/kindness" title="kindness">kindness</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> An <a href="/wiki/altruistic" title="altruistic">altruistic</a> <a href="/wiki/gift" title="gift">gift</a> or <a href="/wiki/act" title="act">act</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A kind of forced <a href="/wiki/loan" title="loan">loan</a> or <a href="/wiki/contribution" title="contribution">contribution</a> levied by <a href="/wiki/king" title="king">kings</a> without <a href="/wiki/legal" title="legal">legal</a> <a href="/wiki/authority" title="authority">authority</a>, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=benevolence&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/malevolence#English" title="malevolence">malevolence</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=benevolence&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/omnibenevolence#English" title="omnibenevolence">omnibenevolence</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unbenevolence#English" title="unbenevolence">unbenevolence</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=benevolence&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" 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title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-disposition_to_do_good"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">disposition to do good</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="disposition to do good"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="النزعة إلى الخير (page does not exist)">النزعَة إلى الخير</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="доброжелателност (page does not exist)">доброжела́телност</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">dobroželátelnost</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/benevol%C3%A8ncia#Catalan" title="benevolència">benevolència</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevol%C3%A8ncia" class="extiw" title="ca:benevolència">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E4%BB%81%E6%85%88#Mandarin" title="仁慈">仁慈</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BB%81%E6%85%88" class="extiw" title="zh:仁慈">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">réncí</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E4%BB%81#Mandarin" title="仁">仁</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BB%81" class="extiw" title="zh:仁">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">rén</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%85%88%E6%82%B2#Mandarin" title="慈悲">慈悲</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%85%88%E6%82%B2" class="extiw" title="zh:慈悲">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">cíbēi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/velvilje#Danish" title="velvilje">velvilje</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gulheid#Dutch" title="gulheid">gulheid</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/gulheid" class="extiw" title="nl:gulheid">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/welwillendheid#Dutch" title="welwillendheid">welwillendheid</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/welwillendheid" class="extiw" title="nl:welwillendheid">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/hyv%C3%A4ntahtoisuus#Finnish" title="hyväntahtoisuus">hyväntahtoisuus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyv%C3%A4ntahtoisuus" class="extiw" title="fi:hyväntahtoisuus">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/bienveillance#French" title="bienveillance">bienveillance</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bienveillance" class="extiw" title="fr:bienveillance">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A9n%C3%A9volence#French" title="bénévolence">bénévolence</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A9n%C3%A9volence" class="extiw" title="fr:bénévolence">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/largueza#Galician" title="largueza">largueza</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gutm%C3%BCtigkeit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gutmütigkeit (page does not exist)">Gutmütigkeit</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gutm%C3%BCtigkeit" class="extiw" title="de:Gutmütigkeit">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mildherzigkeit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mildherzigkeit (page does not exist)">Mildherzigkeit</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B7#Greek" title="καλοσύνη">καλοσύνη</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="el:καλοσύνη">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">kalosýni</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Ancient: <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%89%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek" title="φιλανθρωπία">φιλανθρωπία</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">philanthrōpía</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/j%C3%B3indulat#Hungarian" title="jóindulat">jóindulat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/j%C3%B3indulat" class="extiw" title="hu:jóindulat">(hu)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="singular number">sg</abbr></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%B6rl%C3%A6ti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="örlæti (page does not exist)">örlæti</a></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/bonvolo#Ido" title="bonvolo">bonvolo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/bonvolo" class="extiw" title="io:bonvolo">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/dea-mh%C3%A9in#Irish" title="dea-mhéin">dea-mhéin</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E4%BB%81#Japanese" title="仁">仁</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BB%81" class="extiw" title="ja:仁">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">じん, jin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E6%85%88%E6%82%B2#Japanese" title="慈悲">慈悲</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%85%88%E6%82%B2" class="extiw" title="ja:慈悲">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">じひ, jihi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/benevolentia#Latin" title="benevolentia">benevolentia</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#Macedonian" title="добронамерност">доброна́мерност</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">dobronámernost</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#Macedonian" title="благонаклонетост">благонакло́нетост</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">blagonaklónetost</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Old English: <span class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/welwillendnes#Old_English" title="welwillendnes">welwillendnes</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/benewolencja#Polish" title="benewolencja">benewolencja</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">archaic</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/%C5%82askawo%C5%9B%C4%87#Polish" title="łaskawość">łaskawość</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%82askawo%C5%9B%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:łaskawość">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/przychylno%C5%9B%C4%87#Polish" title="przychylność">przychylność</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/przychylno%C5%9B%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:przychylność">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/%C5%BCyczliwo%C5%9B%C4%87#Polish" title="życzliwość">życzliwość</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%BCyczliwo%C5%9B%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:życzliwość">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/dobro%C4%87#Polish" title="dobroć">dobroć</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/dobro%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:dobroć">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/benevol%C3%AAncia#Portuguese" title="benevolência">benevolência</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevol%C3%AAncia" class="extiw" title="pt:benevolência">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/bun%C4%83voin%C8%9B%C4%83#Romanian" title="bunăvoință">bunăvoință</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/bun%C4%83voin%C8%9B%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:bunăvoință">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="благожелательность (page does not exist)">благожела́тельность</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:благожелательность">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">blagoželátelʹnostʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="доброжелательность">доброжела́тельность</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:доброжелательность">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">dobroželátelʹnostʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0#Russian" title="доброта">доброта́</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:доброта">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">dobrotá</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="милость">ми́лость</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:милость">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">mílostʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/benevolencia#Spanish" title="benevolencia">benevolencia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolencia" class="extiw" title="es:benevolencia">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%A4lvilja#Swedish" title="välvilja">välvilja</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%A4lvilja" class="extiw" title="sv:välvilja">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=hay%C4%B1rseverlik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hayırseverlik (page does not exist)">hayırseverlik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/hay%C4%B1rseverlik" class="extiw" title="tr:hayırseverlik">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/yard%C4%B1mseverlik#Turkish" title="yardımseverlik">yardımseverlik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/yard%C4%B1mseverlik" class="extiw" title="tr:yardımseverlik">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=iyilikseverlik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="iyilikseverlik (page does not exist)">iyilikseverlik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/iyilikseverlik" class="extiw" title="tr:iyilikseverlik">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=esirgemezlik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="esirgemezlik (page does not exist)">esirgemezlik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/esirgemezlik" class="extiw" title="tr:esirgemezlik">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=himmet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="himmet (page does not exist)">himmet</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/himmet" class="extiw" title="tr:himmet">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Ukrainian" title="доброзичливість">доброзичли́вість</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/benevolence" title="benevolence – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="benevolence" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" 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