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Beneficent

Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

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Similar meaning 4

Benefic 84% connected

Favorable; beneficent.

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Benefic 84% connected

Favorable; beneficent.

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Charitable 84% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Charitable 84% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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Derivationally related 4

Beneficence 74% connected

The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Beneficence 74% connected

The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Benefit 74% connected

An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

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Benefit 74% connected

An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

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Attribute 2

Beneficence 66% connected

The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Beneficence 66% connected

The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

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See also 2

Kind 66% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Kind 66% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Synonym 3

Benevolent 92% connected

Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Eleemosynary 92% connected

Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Philanthropic 92% connected

Alt. of Philanthropical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Maleficent 94% connected

Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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Maleficent 94% connected

Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

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