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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
beneficent
    adj 1: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in
           history" [ant: maleficent]
    2: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
       contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
       contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent,
       eleemosynary, philanthropic]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beneficent \Be*nef`i*cent\, a.
   Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and
   charity; characterized by beneficence.
   [1913 Webster]

         The beneficent fruits of Christianity.   --Prescott.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: See Benevolent.
        [1913 Webster]
Thesaurus Results for Beneficent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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