BENEFICENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)