Benignant

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  • adjective. Favorable; beneficial.
  • adjective. Kind and gracious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Kind; gracious; favorable: as, a benignant sovereign.
  • Exerting a good, kindly, or softening influence; salutary; beneficial: as, the benignant influences of Christianity on the mind.
  • In medicine, not malignant; not dangerous: said of diseases.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Kind; gracious; favorable.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Kind; gracious; favorable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
  • adjective. pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence
  • Word Usage
    "Some persons may still recall the benignant appearance of the late venerable Sir Archibald Macdonald, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of"
    Equivalent
    kind  kindly  
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    favorable  gracious  kind  kindle