benevolent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BENEV'OLENT, adjective [Latin benevolens, of bene and volo.] Having a disposition to do good; possessing love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; kind.
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