Meaning of BENEFICENT
| Pronunciation: | | bu'nefisunt
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- [adj] doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history"
- [adj] generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"
- [adj] doing or producing good
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| | Synonyms: | | benefic, charitable, eleemosynary, gracious, philanthropic |
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| | Antonyms: | | maleficent | | |
| | See Also: | | benevolent, good | |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*nef`i*cent\, a.
Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and
charity; characterized by beneficence.
The beneficent fruits of Christianity. --Prescott.
Syn: See {Benevolent}.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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