Beneficence Definition

bə-nĕfĭ-səns
noun
The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial.
American Heritage
The fact or quality of being kind or doing good; charity.
Webster's New World
A charitable act or gift.
American Heritage
A charitable act or generous gift.
Webster's New World

An act of philanthropy, a kind deed; an act which benefits someone (else.)

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Other Word Forms of Beneficence

Noun

Singular:
beneficence
Plural:
beneficences

Origin of Beneficence

  • Latin beneficentia from beneficus beneficent- benefic benefic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Beneficence Sentence Examples

  • If Christians wish to offer any special sacrifice to God, let it be that of grateful praise or deeds of beneficence (r5 f.).

  • Present day provision for research work in this country is shockingly inadequate, depending chiefly on the capricious support of private beneficence.

  • Like his father, he was a brewer, and gained great popularity in faubourg St Antoine by his beneficence.

  • His fascinating manners, his witty sayings, and his ever-ready kindness and beneficence won for him a secure place in the respect and love of his fellow-citizens.

  • It is plain, however, that on this external legalistic view of duty it was impossible to maintain a difference in kind between Christian and pagan morality; the philosopher's conformity to the rules of chastity and beneficence, so far as it went, was indistinguishable from the saint's.

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Words Starting With

BBEBEN

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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beneficence

Words Starting With B and Ending With E

Starts With B & Ends With EStarts With BE & Ends With EStarts With B & Ends With CE

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With B11 Letter Words Ending With E