beneficence

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Etymology

From Middle English beneficence, from Latin beneficentia.

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beneficence (countable and uncountable, plural beneficences)

  1. An act of philanthropy, a kind deed; an act which benefits someone else.
    • 2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time‎:
      Trump also promises to attack the sources abroad that he blames for the country’s malaise: economic interdependence, transnational criminals, traditional allies he sees as free riders on America’s long-running global beneficence.
  2. Good or charitable character or behavior.

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