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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun goodwill has 3 senses
- goodwill(n = noun.possession) good will - (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets); Array is a kind of intangible, intangible asset
- goodwill(n = noun.feeling) good will - the friendly hope that something will succeed; Array is a kind of friendliness
- goodwill(n = noun.attribute) good will, grace - a disposition to kindness and compassion; "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished" is a kind of good nature
OXFORD DICTIONARY
goodwill, n.
1 kindly feeling.
2 the established reputation of a business etc. as enhancing its value.
3 cheerful consent or acquiescence; readiness, zeal.
1 kindly feeling.
2 the established reputation of a business etc. as enhancing its value.
3 cheerful consent or acquiescence; readiness, zeal.
THESAURUS
goodwill
BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, abetment, acquiescence, advocacy, aegis, agreeableness, alacrity, altruism, amenability, amity, an in, ardor, auspices, backing, beneficence, benevolence, benevolent disposition, benevolentness, bigheartedness, brotherly love, care, caritas, championship, charitableness, charity, cheerful consent, comity, compliance, consent, cooperativeness, countenance, custom, dispatch, do-goodism, docility, eagerness, encouragement, enthusiasm, expedition, favor, favorable disposition, favorable regard, favorableness, fellow feeling, flower power, forwardness, fosterage, friendliness, friendly relations, friendship, gameness, generosity, giving, good graces, good name, good terms, good understanding, grace, greatheartedness, guidance, harmony, helpfulness, humanitarianism, interest, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, love, love of mankind, mutual regard, patronage, philanthropism, philanthropy, pliability, pliancy, promptitude, promptness, rapport, readiness, receptive mood, receptiveness, receptivity, regard, repute, respect, responsiveness, right mood, seconding, sponsorship, sympathy, tolerance, tractability, trade, tutelage, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, utilitarianism, welfarism, well-disposedness, willing ear, willing heart, willingness, zeal, zealousnessROGET THESAURUS
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Willingness
N willingness, voluntariness, willing mind, heart, disposition, inclination, leaning, animus, frame of mind, humor, mood, vein, bent, penchant, aptitude, docility, docibleness, persuasibleness, persuasibility, pliability, geniality, cordiality, goodwill, alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness, eagerness, asset, compliance, pleasure, gratuitous service, labor of love, volunteer, volunteering, willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable, favorably- minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed, nothing loth, in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind, ready, forward, earnest, eager, bent upon, predisposed, propense, docile, persuadable, persuasible, suasible, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going, tractable, genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty, content, voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous, unasked &c (ask), unforced, willingly, fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul, with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms, with good will, with right will, de bonne volonte, ex animo, con amore, heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord, graciously, with a good grace, a la bonne heure, by all means, by all manner of means, to one's heart's content, yes.
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