Originally Posted By: Tug 3
I woke up this morning thinking that the word should have been "benevolent". Felt a little bit embarrassed. Besides that, I'm loosing some of my spelling ability as I get older. ( Some people think I'm Senile.)


The phrase is normally benevolent but Salmo was wrong to correct you as what you said has the same meaning. Benign doesn't mean "do nothing" Salmo is confusing the word Benign with the word neglect.