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BENIGNANCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does benignancy mean?
• BENIGNANCY (noun)
The noun BENIGNANCY has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being kind and gentle
Familiarity information: BENIGNANCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being kind and gentle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
benignancy; benignity; graciousness
Hypernyms ("benignancy" is a kind of...):
good; goodness (moral excellence or admirableness)
Derivation:
benign (kindness of disposition or manner)
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