Beneficent

3 definitions found

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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

  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