beneficent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

beneficent
    adj 1: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in
           history" [ant: {maleficent}]
    2: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
       contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
       contributions" [syn: {beneficent}, {benevolent},
       {eleemosynary}, {philanthropic}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beneficent \Be*nef`i*cent\, a.
   Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and
   charity; characterized by beneficence.
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         The beneficent fruits of Christianity.   --Prescott.
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   Syn: See {Benevolent}.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "beneficent":
      almsgiving, altruistic, amicable, benevolent, benign, benignant,
      bighearted, charitable, cooperative, eleemosynary, favorable,
      freehearted, friendly, generous, greathearted, humanitarian, kind,
      kindly, kindly-disposed, largehearted, neighborly, philanthropic,
      propitious, welfare, welfare statist, welfarist, well-affected,
      well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant

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