benign
gentle, harmless, or favorable in nature
Word origin: From Latin benignus, kind (bene well plus gignere to beget).
Benign in a sentence
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The tumor was benign, so no further treatment was needed.
What seemed a benign clause in the contract later proved entirely without consequence for either party.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “benign” well
Benign signals harmlessness or mildness, and in medicine the opposite of malignant. Do not confuse it with benevolent, which implies active kindness rather than mere lack of harm.
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