About The Word Beneficence
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Beneficence
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What's The Definition Of Beneficence?
[n] the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
[n] doing good; feeling beneficent Synonyms | Synonyms for Beneficence: Related Terms | Find terms related to Beneficence: agape | alms | altruism | auspiciousness | benefaction | benevolence | benevolent disposition | benevolentness | benignancy | benignity | Benthamism | bigheartedness | BOMFOG | brightness | brotherly love | caritas | charitableness | charity | cheerfulness | cheeriness | Christian charity | Christian love | 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 See Also | benevolence | free grace | good | goodness | grace | grace of God Beneficence In Webster's Dictionary \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.
And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --Cowper.
Syn: See {Benevolence}.
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