benevolence

noun4

1. •
   Disposition to do good.

   • She smiled with benevolence at the children.
2. •
   Charitable kindness.

   • His acts of benevolence earned him great respect.
3. •
   An altruistic gift or act.
4. •
   (UK, historical) A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.