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benificence

benificence is the obsolete form of beneficence.

Meaning of beneficence

Noun

beneficence (countable and uncountable, plural beneficences)

  1. The practice of doing good, such as acts of philanthropy, kind deeds; or other acts which benefit someone else.
    • Trump also promises to attack the sources abroad that he blames for the country’s malaise: economic interdependence, transnational criminals, traditional allies he sees as free riders on America’s long-running global beneficence.2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2024
  2. Good or charitable character or behavior.
  3. A duty or obligation to act in the best interests of another, especially a patient or beneficiary.

Forms of benificence

pluralbenificences

Questions about benificence

What is benificence the obsolete form of?
Benificence is the obsolete form of beneficence.

Words near benificence in the dictionary

  1. Benicia
  2. Benicio
  3. benidipine
  4. Benidorm
  5. benifice
  6. benificence
  7. benificences
  8. benifices
  9. benificial
  10. benifit
  11. benifits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: benificence (page history and authors); beneficence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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