beneficence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beneficence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for beneficence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beneficence n doing good; feeling beneficent Antonym(s): maleficence the quality of being kind or helpful or generous Antonym(s): balefulness, maleficence, mischief
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beneficence \Benef"icence\, n. [L. beneficentia, fr. beneficus: cf. F. b[82]n[82]ficence. See {Benefice}.] The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness. And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --Cowper. Syn: See {Benevolence}.