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BENEFICENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being kind or helpful or generous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("beneficence" is a kind of...):
good; goodness (moral excellence or admirableness)
Attribute:
beneficent (doing or producing good)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beneficence"):
free grace; grace; grace of God ((Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God)
Antonym:
maleficence (the quality or nature of being harmful or evil)
Derivation:
beneficent (doing or producing good)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Doing good; feeling beneficent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("beneficence" is a kind of...):
benevolence (disposition to do good)
Antonym:
maleficence (doing or causing evil)
Derivation:
beneficent (doing or producing good)
