benevolence

Example Sentences

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This is not to say that “Wicked” was some noble emblem of blockbuster benevolence.

From Salon

It’s a kind of moral laundering, where so-called benevolence masks self-interest.

From The Wall Street Journal

Zemeckis’ best picture winner is part of a long Hollywood tradition of looking at bigotry and segregation as all but solved or surmountable due to the grace and benevolence of individual white people.

From Salon

There was a degree of benevolence in that ring.

From BBC

But gender role orthodoxy as a solution to economic problems confronts the same shortcoming today it’s always faced: Dependence on the long-term, unwavering benevolence of another person is an abjectly risky financial strategy.

From Salon