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noun
1.
the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity.
2.
a beneficent act or gift; benefaction.
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Beneficence
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Example Sentences
- When those who have such power are also convinced of the wisdom and beneficence of their views, then freedom is in danger.
- It's a twisted, misinformed, warped kind of beneficence.
- In Britain, as in most democracies, there is now less faith in the beneficence of government.
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Word Origin & History
beneficence
"quality of being beneficent, kind, charitable," 1610s, from L. beneficentia "kindness, generosity," a back-formation from beneficentior (see beneficent).
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