[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

beneficence \benef"icence\, n. l. beneficentia, fr.
   beneficus: cf. f. b'en'eficence. see benefice.
   the practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or
   charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
   1913 webster

         and whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --cowper.
   1913 webster

   syn: see benevolence.
        1913 webster
see also:
benefice benevolence 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

beneficence
     n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent ant: maleficence
     2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous ant: maleficence
see also:
maleficence 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

47 moby thesaurus words for "beneficence":
   bomfog, benthamism, christian charity, christian love, agape, alms,
   altruism, auspiciousness, benefaction, benevolence,
   benevolent disposition, benevolentness, benignancy, benignity,
   bigheartedness, brightness, brotherly love, caritas,
   charitableness, charity, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contribution,
   do-goodism, favorableness, flower power, fortunateness, generosity,
   giving, good auspices, good omen, goodwill, grace,
   greatheartedness, humanitarianism, largeheartedness, love,
   love of mankind, luckiness, offering, philanthropism, philanthropy,
   propitiousness, prosperousness, utilitarianism, welfarism,
   well-disposedness

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