Benignity and Cruelness

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Benignity noun - Sympathetic concern for the well-being of others.

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Cruelness is an antonym for benignity.

Nearby Words: benign, benignly

Cruelness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: far from being healers, the doctors in the Nazi death camps were notable for their senseless cruelness

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Benignity is an antonym for cruelness.

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