Beneficence

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  beneficence
       n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: {maleficence}]
       2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant: {maleficence}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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