Meaning & use
Benignity
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The quality of being kind, gentle, and gracious in disposition or manner.
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The elderly doctor treated every patient with quiet benignity.
Her benignity toward even her harshest critics won many admirers.
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Benignity is the noun form of 'benign,' sharing the Latin root 'benignus,' meaning kind or well-disposed.
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