benignity

From Middle English benignite, from Old French benignité, from Latin benignitās.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈnɪɡnəti/

benignity (countable and uncountable, plural benignities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being benign.
   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter L, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 19:

     ...and presented her, with pride not less than pleasure, to their noble visitant, who, although surprised by the youthfulness of her countenance (rendered the more striking from her late illness), thought that its gentle benignity augured well for his future hopes,...

2. (countable) A benign act.

• benignancy
• benignness

• malignancy

• benign
• benignly