(weightlifting) To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.

(politics) A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada or Australia who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality.

(UK politics) A bench placed perpendicular to others, especially certain such benches in the House of Lords on which independent or neutral members traditionally sit.

(UK politics) Of or pertaining to the cross-benches in the UK houses of parliament.

plural of benevolent dictator

(uncountable) The state of being benign. / (countable) A benign act.

simple past tense and past participle of benumb

Lacking sensation; numb. / Lacking emotion or interest; dulled.

An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing. / An act of charity; almsgiving.

(US) The assimilation of a group of foreigners by absorbing them into a new culture, with the primary stated reason being that it is an act of benevolence.