Crossword-Solution: BENIGNNESS 10 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 13

The specially womanly exultation of Emma Dunstane in her friend's noble attitude, seeing how their sex had been struck to the dust for a trifling error, easily to be overlooked by a manful lover, and had asserted its dignity in physical and moral splendour, in self-mastery and benignness, was unshared by Diana.

She, with no idea of benignness, might speak pardon’s word to him, on a late autumn evening years hence, perhaps, or to his friends to-morrow, if he would considerately keep distant.

But have no fear, for I, thy lord, do watch over thy future--the man whom I will choose for thee will be worthy of thy smiles." He drew up his misshapen figure to its full height and beamed at the young girl with an expression of paternal benignness.