benign.
Kind; gentle; mild.
Meaning & usage
Kind; gentle; mild.
Of a climate or environment, mild and favorable.
Not harmful to the environment.
an ozone-benign refrigerant
Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
a benign tumor
Where this word comes from
From Middle English benigne, benygne, from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.
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