1 (formal) (especially of people in authority) kind, helpful and generous:
a benevolent smile / attitude * belief in the existence of a benevolent god * a benevolent dictatorship
OPPMALEVOLENT
2 used in the names of some organizations that give help and money to people in need:
the RAF Benevolent Fund
benevolence noun [U]
benevolently adverb:
smiling benevolently
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