beneficence

English Thesaurus

1. the quality of being kind or helpful or generous (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	good, goodness,
definition	:	moral excellence or admirableness (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	free grace, grace, grace of god,
definition	:	(Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God (noun.attribute)

attribute	:	beneficent,
definition	:	doing or producing good (adj.all)

2. doing good; feeling beneficent (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	benevolence,
definition	:	disposition to do good (noun.feeling)

3. the quality of being kind or helpful or generous (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	balefulness, maleficence, mischief,
definition	:	the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	beneficent,
definition	:	doing or producing good (adj.all)

4. doing good; feeling beneficent (noun.feeling)

antonym	:	maleficence,
definition	:	doing or causing evil (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	beneficent,
definition	:	doing or producing good (adj.all)

5. the quality of being kind or helpful or generous (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	balefulness, maleficence, mischief,
definition	:	the quality or nature of being harmful or evil (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	beneficent,
definition	:	doing or producing good (adj.all)

6. doing good; feeling beneficent (noun.feeling)

antonym	:	maleficence,
definition	:	doing or causing evil (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	beneficent,
definition	:	doing or producing good (adj.all)