Friendly event noble recollected (10)
I believe the answer is:
benevolent
'friendly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'event noble recollected' is the wordplay.
'recollected' indicates an anagram (letters recollected and rearranged).
'event'+'noble'='eventnoble'
'eventnoble' anagrammed gives 'BENEVOLENT'.
(Other definitions for benevolent that I've seen before include "Well meaning, kindly" , "Well disposed" , "Philanthropic" , "Well-meaning, kindly" , "Showing kindness" .)