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beneficence

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be·nef·i·cence  (b-nf-sns)
n.
1. The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial.
2. A charitable act or gift.
[Latin beneficentia, from beneficus, beneficent-, benefic; see benefic.]
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Noun1.beneficence - doing good; feeling beneficent
benevolence - disposition to do good
maleficence - doing or causing evil
2.beneficence - the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
free grace, grace of God, grace - (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go I"
good, goodness - moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"
balefulness, maleficence, mischief - the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
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He was one day engaged with Mr Allworthy in a discourse on charity: in which the captain, with great learning, proved to Mr Allworthy, that the word charity in Scripture nowhere means beneficence or generosity.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Even when thou art gentle towards them, they still feel themselves despised by thee; and they repay thy beneficence with secret maleficence.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Hester had often fancied that Providence had a design of justice and retribution, in endowing the child with this marked propensity; but never, until now, had she bethought herself to ask, whether, linked with that design, there might not likewise be a purpose of mercy and beneficence.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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