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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beneficent \Be*nef'i*cent\, adjective Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
The beneficent fruits of Christianity. --Prescott.
Syn: See {Benevolent}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beneficent
adjective
1: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history" [ant: {maleficent}]
2: doing or producing good [syn: {benevolent}, {gracious}]
3: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: {benevolent}, {eleemosynary}, {philanthropic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "beneficent": almsgiving, altruistic, amicable, benevolent, benign, benignant, bighearted, charitable, cooperative, eleemosynary, favorable, freehearted, friendly, generous, greathearted, humanitarian, kind, kindly, kindly-disposed, largehearted, neighborly, philanthropic, propitious, welfare, welfare statist, welfarist, well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant
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