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Adjective: beneficent  bu'nu-fi-sunt
  1. Doing or producing good
    "the most beneficent regime in history"
     
  2. Generous in assistance to the poor
    "a beneficent contributor"
    - benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic

See also: benefic, beneficence, benefit, charitable, kind

Antonym: maleficent

Encyclopedia: Beneficent

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