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Noun: beneficence  bu'ne-fi-sun(t)s
  1. Doing good; feeling beneficent
     
  2. The quality of being kind, helpful or generous

Derived forms: beneficences

See also: beneficent

Type of: benevolence, good, goodness

Antonym: maleficence

Encyclopedia: Beneficence

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