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• n  doing good; feeling beneficent
• n  the quality of being kind or helpful or generous

• Feeney's beneficence already ranks among the grandest of any living American and may someday make him the most generous philanthropist of all time.
• It brought him a fortune estimated at $100 million, much of which he gave to his churcha beneficence that brought him two of the Vatican's highest honors for a laymanthe .
• The King mixed beneficence with discipline.

• maleficence

News & Articles

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• Tatum Tot
  Channing Tatum was recently sighted casting his blessing on a random fan's baby bump. A newly minted father himself, Tatum seemed eager to spread his beneficence upon the offspring of a...
  June 27, 2013 - E! Online

Quotes

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• James Taylor in Reuters
  It just puts you in a better place and reminds you of the kindness of the world and the beneficence of existence,Taylor, who will begin a tour of the US and Europe this summer, added.
• Admiral Horatio Nelson in Mirror.co.uk
  As Victory was sailing into battle, Nelson added a final note to his will: "I leave Emma Lady Hamilton a Legacy to my King and Country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. I also leave to the beneficence of my...
• John D Rockefeller in Forbes
  In the process it will globalize and modernize what Rockefeller called the "business of beneficence."