Defn: 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.
BENEFICENT
Be*nef`i*cent
Defn: , a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott.
Syn.
— See Benevolent.
BENEFICENTIAL
Be*nef`i*cen"tial, a.
Defn: Relating to beneficence.
BENEFICENTLY
Be*nef"i*cent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
BENEFICIAL
Ben`e*fi"cial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. bénéficial, LL. beneficialis.]