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| | benevolence | (บะเนฟ'วะเลินซฺ) n. ความเมตตากรุณา, การกุศล, กุศลกรรม, ของบริจาค, เงินบริจาค, Syn. beneficence |
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| | | | Benevolence | n. [ OF. benevolence, L. benevolentia. See Benevolent. ] 1. The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. [ 1913 Webster ] The wakeful benevolence of the gospel. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An act of kindness; good done; charity given. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Benevolence, Beneficence, Munificence. Benevolence marks a disposition made up of a choice and desire for the happiness of others. Beneficence marks the working of this disposition in dispensing good on a somewhat broad scale. Munificence shows the same disposition, but acting on a still broader scale, in conferring gifts and favors. These are not necessarily confined to objects of immediate utility. One may show his munificence in presents of pictures or jewelry, but this would not be beneficence. Benevolence of heart; beneficence of life; munificence in the encouragement of letters. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | | | | 仁 | [じん(P);にん, jin (P); nin] (n) (1) (じん only) benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity; (2) (じん only) human; (3) kernel; (4) (じん only) (See 核小体) nucleolus; (P) #1,552 [Add to Longdo] | | 徳 | [とく, toku] (n) (1) virtue; (2) benevolence; (3) (See 得・とく・1) profit; benefit; advantage #2,249 [Add to Longdo] | | 一視同人;一視同仁 | [いっしどうじん, isshidoujin] (n) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence [Add to Longdo] | | 恩威 | [おんい, on'i] (n) benevolence and strictness [Add to Longdo] | | 甘える | [あまえる, amaeru] (v1, vi) (1) to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; (2) to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 甘ったれる | [あまったれる, amattareru] (v1, vi) (1) (has a more negative nuance than 甘える) (See 甘える・1) to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; (2) (See 甘える・2) to depend and presume upon another's benevolence [Add to Longdo] | | 五常 | [ごじょう, gojou] (n) the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence) [Add to Longdo] | | 高恩 | [こうおん, kouon] (n) great benevolence or blessings [Add to Longdo] | | 慈心 | [じしん, jishin] (n) benevolence; mercy [Add to Longdo] | | 慈善心 | [じぜんしん, jizenshin] (n) benevolence; liberality [Add to Longdo] |
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