Beneficent \Be*nef`i*cent\, a.
Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and
charity; characterized by beneficence.
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The beneficent fruits of Christianity. --Prescott.
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Syn: See Benevolent.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
beneficent
adj 1: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in
history" [ant: maleficent]
2: doing or producing good [syn: benevolent, gracious]
3: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
contributions" [syn: benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]
WordNet (r) 2.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "beneficent":
almsgiving, altruistic, amicable, benevolent, benign, benignant,
bighearted, charitable, cooperative, eleemosynary, favorable,
freehearted, friendly, generous, greathearted, humanitarian, kind,
kindly, kindly-disposed, largehearted, neighborly, philanthropic,
propitious, welfare, welfare statist, welfarist, well-affected,
well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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