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beneficence
(encz) | beneficence,dobročinnost n: Michal Ambrož |
beneficence
(encz) | beneficence,dobrodiní n: Michal Ambrož |
Beneficence
(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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beneficence
(wn) | beneficence
n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: maleficence]
2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant:
balefulness, maleficence, mischief] |
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Beneficence
(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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