'Benignity' definitions:
Definition of 'benignity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being kind and gentle [syn: benignity, benignancy, graciousness] [ant: malignance, malignancy, malignity]
noun
A kind act [syn: kindness, benignity]
Definition of 'Benignity'
From: GCIDE
- Benignity \Be*nig"ni*ty\, n. [OE. benignite, F. b['e]nignit['e], OF. b['e]nignet['e], fr. L. benignitas. See Benign.]
- 1. The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness. "Benignity of aspect." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Mildness; gentleness. [1913 Webster]
- The benignity or inclemency of the season. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Salubrity; wholesome quality. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'benignity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodatingness,
- act of grace,
- act of kindness,
- advantageousness,
- affability,
- affectionateness,
- agreeableness,
- amiability,
- auspiciousness,
- benefaction,
- beneficence,
- beneficialness,
- benefit,
- benevolence,
- benignancy,
- blessing,
- brightness,
- brotherhood,
- cheerfulness,
- cheeriness,
- class,
- cogency,
- compassion,
- complaisance,
- compliance,
- courtesy,
- decency,
- desert,
- excellence,
- expedience,
- fairness,
- favor,
- favorableness,
- feeling of kinship,
- fellow feeling,
- fineness,
- first-rateness,
- fortunateness,
- fraternal feeling,
- generousness,
- good auspices,
- good deed,
- good offices,
- good omen,
- good turn,
- goodliness,
- goodness,
- goodness of heart,
- grace,
- graciosity,
- graciousness,
- harmlessness,
- healthiness,
- heart of gold,
- helpfulness,
- humaneness,
- humanity,
- hurtlessness,
- innocence,
- innocuousness,
- inoffensiveness,
- kind deed,
- kind offices,
- kindheartedness,
- kindliness,
- kindly act,
- kindly disposition,
- kindness,
- labor of love,
- loving kindness,
- luckiness,
- mercy,
- merit,
- mitzvah,
- niceness,
- obligation,
- obligingness,
- office,
- pleasantness,
- profitableness,
- propitiousness,
- prosperousness,
- quality,
- rewardingness,
- service,
- skillfulness,
- softheartedness,
- soul of kindness,
- soundness,
- superiority,
- sympathy,
- tenderheartedness,
- turn,
- uninjuriousness,
- unobnoxiousness,
- usefulness,
- validity,
- value,
- virtue,
- virtuousness,
- warmheartedness,
- warmth,
- warmth of heart,
- wholeness,
- worth