Positive character trait
Benevolent
Kindly and motivated by a wish to do good.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Uses money, position or influence to make other people's lives better, often without being asked.
- Wishes people well and acts on it, including people who can do nothing for them in return.
- Helps in a way that leaves the other person free: no strings, no debt, no need to be grateful in public.
Fits when a person is disposed to promote other people's well-being
Not when a gift serves control, reputation, or an expectation of repayment
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: it is a formal word for goodwill, and calling yourself benevolent sounds self-congratulating. It suits a reference, a tribute or a eulogy; on a resume, show what you funded or organized for others.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] has been a benevolent [employer, landlord or patron]: over [period] they [quietly funded, arranged or covered] [what] for [people], and never asked for anything in return.
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Report card comment [Name] wants good things for others and acts on it, such as helping a classmate catch up after an absence, without expecting anything back.
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In a story, shown not told The bakery owner kept a tab behind the counter that nobody ever paid off. Anyone short of money could take a loaf, and she never wrote down a name.
The benevolent owner quietly funded meals without attaching her name to the program.
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