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beneficence 音標拼音: [bən'ɛfəsəns] n. 仁慈,善行,贈物 仁慈,善行,贈物 beneficence n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ ant: { maleficence}] 2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ ant: { balefulness}, { maleficence}, { mischief}] 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}. [ 1913 Webster] 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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