BENEVOLENCE

n. 1 charity, kindness, kindliness, humanity, humanitarianism, beneficence, charitableness, goodness, altruism, good will, unselfishness, philanthropy, generosity, magnanimity The poor people in the village used to rely on his benevolence 2 gift, grant, contribution, donation, beneficence The victims of the famine were recipients of the benevolence of the British people