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Webster 1913 Edition

Beneficence

Be-nef′i-cence

,
Noun.
[L.
beneficentia
, fr.
beneficus
: cf. F.
bénéficence
. 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Beneficence

BENEF'ICENCE

,
Noun.
[L.beneficentia, from the participle of benefacio.] The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity.

Definition 2024

beneficence

beneficence

English

Noun

beneficence ‎(plural beneficences)

  1. An act of philanthropy, a kind deed; an act which benefits someone (else.)
  2. Good or charitable character or behavior

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  • See Wikisaurus:goodness

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