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noun
Habitual kindness or mildness of temper or disposition; amiability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a cheerful, obliging disposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ill nature
Broader terms: disposition, temperament
Narrower terms: grace, good will, goodwill, patience, forbearance, longanimity, easygoingness, risibility
History
From Middle English good nature, equivalent to good + nature, after Middle French bonne nature.
