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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 gentleplay

  Familiarity information: BENIGNANCY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BENIGNANCY (noun)


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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