Benignancy
kind, especially to inferiors; gracious:
a benignant sovereign.
exerting a good influence; beneficial:
the benignant authority of the new president.
Pathology, benign.
Historical Examples
The Madness of Mr. Lister W.W. Jacobs
adjective
kind; gracious, as a king to his subjects
a less common word for benign (sense 3), benign (sense 4)
adj.
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