Benevolence

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An act of kindness; good done; charity given.

II. Benevolence ·noun The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.

III. Benevolence ·noun A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.