Benignant, a.
Etymology: [LL. benignans, p. pr. of benignare, from L. benignus. See Benign.]
Kind; gracious; favorable. -- Be*nig"nant*ly, adv.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for benignant; he lists it under amiable, humane, propitious.
Where he writes about it:
The benignant are calmly kind, as from a height and a distance. — from amiable