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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Benevolence
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(1):
(n.) An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
(2):
(n.) The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
(3):
(n.) A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.