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Beneficence - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Beneficence : (noun)
1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: maleficence]
2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant: maleficence]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --Cowper.
Syn: See Benevolence.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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