beneficence

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
beneficence
    n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: {maleficence}]
    2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant:
       {balefulness}, {maleficence}, {mischief}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --Cowper.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: See {Benevolence}.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "beneficence":
      BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, agape, alms,
      altruism, auspiciousness, benefaction, benevolence,
      benevolent disposition, benevolentness, benignancy, benignity,
      bigheartedness, brightness, brotherly love, caritas,
      charitableness, charity, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contribution,
      do-goodism, favorableness, flower power, fortunateness, generosity,
      giving, good auspices, good omen, goodwill, grace,
      greatheartedness, humanitarianism, largeheartedness, love,
      love of mankind, luckiness, offering, philanthropism, philanthropy,
      propitiousness, prosperousness, utilitarianism, welfarism,
      well-disposedness
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