Definition of "benignity" [be•nig•ni•ty]

• The quality or condition of being kind and gentle. (noun)
• A kindly or gracious act. (noun)

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• "(link) Incidentally, the St. Paul Saints baseball team being a minor league team benefits from the work Mr. Killebrew started with Castor and Pollux, Artemis and Apollo, and a few other sets of Twins, so for them the fuzzy benignity is enough because they have the bigger organization offering them more protection."
• "Althea recalled the benignity of Helen's eyes as they dwelt upon him, her smile, startled, almost touched, when some quaint, telling phrase revealed him suddenly as an unconscious torch-bearer in a dusky, self-deceiving world."
• "She developed benignity with him, and a kind of benignity which was almost playful — actually before tea was over including in some observation she made him the words 'My dear boy.'"