Beneficence \Be*nef"i*cence\, n. [L. beneficentia, fr.
beneficus: cf. F. b['e]n['e]ficence. See Benefice.]
The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or
charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
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And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --Cowper.
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Syn: See Benevolence.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
beneficence
n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: maleficence]
2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant: maleficence]
WordNet (r) 2.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "beneficence":
BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, agape, alms,
altruism, auspiciousness, benefaction, benevolence,
benevolent disposition, benevolentness, benignancy, benignity,
bigheartedness, brightness, brotherly love, caritas,
charitableness, charity, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contribution,
do-goodism, favorableness, flower power, fortunateness, generosity,
giving, good auspices, good omen, goodwill, grace,
greatheartedness, humanitarianism, largeheartedness, love,
love of mankind, luckiness, offering, philanthropism, philanthropy,
propitiousness, prosperousness, utilitarianism, welfarism,
well-disposedness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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