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beneficent
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be·nef·i·cent  (b-nf-snt)
adj.
1. Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.
2. Producing benefit; beneficial.
[Probably from beneficenceon the model of such pairs as benevolent, benevolence.]
be·nefi·cent·ly adv.
beneficent [bin-eff-iss-ent]
Adjective
charitable; generous [Latin beneficus]
beneficence n
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Adj.1.beneficent - doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history"
kind - having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"
maleficent - harmful or evil in intent or effect
2.beneficent - generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"
eleemosynary, philanthropic, benevolent
charitable - full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"
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It is imperative, in this connection, to sustain the beneficences of conservatism before they are completely usurped by false conservatives as they push aside traditionalist conservative scholars by dint of their blown-up importance and power.
Restoring the meaning of conservatism by Panichas, George A. / Modern Age
Colored Americans are super patriots, 100 per cent Americans by birth and love of country, who are being trained to fight, and if need be to die for their native land and for democracy, although they do not fully share equally in its beneficences.
African-American Baptists and World War II by Martin, Sandy / Baptist History and Heritage
The connections here, visible and invisible, are inescapably tied to the beneficences of the teaching process, when, as Ralph Waldo Emerson states, "a transfusion takes place," when teacher and pupil are joined in "the same state or principle.
A prefatory note by Panichas, George A. / Modern Age
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