beneficencen.

/bɪˈnɛfɪsəns/

Forms: Also 1500s -fycence.

Etymology: < French bénéficence, < Latin beneficentia, < beneficus: perhaps directly < the Latin.

1. Doing good, the manifestation of benevolence or kindly feeling, active kindness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun]

goodshipOE

goodnessOE

well-willingnessOE

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charity?c1225

courtesy1297

kindnessc1300

meeknessc1300

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benignityc1374

benevolencec1384

kindshipa1393

betternessa1400

homeliness1402

goodliness1405

courteousnessc1430

kindliness1440

kindlaikc1450

beneficialness1528

beneficence1531

benevolency1545

beneficency1576

kindheartedness1583

benefiting1594

candidness1643

benefacture1651

geniality1652

candour1653

hearta1656

obliging1676

benevolentness1736

affectionateness1751

warm-heartedness1808

Samaritanism1843

sweet-heartedness1865

benignancy1876

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. x. sig. Rviii Beneficence can by no menes be vicious, and retaine still his name.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark v. 24 (R.) Like as the lodestone draweth vnto it yron, so dothe benefycence and well doing allure all men vnto her.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. iii. §8. 42 By this meanes all beneficence..would be taken from among men.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 87 It is an institution of beneficence; and law itself is only beneficence acting by a rule.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. viii. viii. 353 What does intellectual power..stripped of beneficence, most resemble?

2. concrete. A benefaction, a beneficent gift, deed, or work.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > act of kindness

goodOE

loveOE

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bounty1330

benefice1340

benefit1377

while1382

whileness1382

officec1384

excellencec1385

goodshipa1393

kindnessc1400

benevolencec1425

benignityc1534

obligement1611

obligation1618

friendlinessa1633

benevolenta1639

beneficence1654

amability1655

benefactiona1662

knight-service1675

kindliness1883

humanity1985

1654 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 320 The market-place is..remarkable for old Hobson the pleasant carrier's beneficence of a fountain.

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. i. 131 Sterling now..zealously forwarded schools and beneficences.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 197 Distributed their beneficence in the shape of some handfuls of copper.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	beneficence
释义	beneficencen. /bɪˈnɛfɪsəns/ Forms: Also 1500s -fycence. Etymology: < French bénéficence, < Latin beneficentia, < beneficus: perhaps directly < the Latin. 1. Doing good, the manifestation of benevolence or kindly feeling, active kindness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] goodshipOE goodnessOE well-willingnessOE goodlaikc1175 charity?c1225 courtesy1297 kindnessc1300 meeknessc1300 kindheada1325 benignityc1374 benevolencec1384 kindshipa1393 betternessa1400 homeliness1402 goodliness1405 courteousnessc1430 kindliness1440 kindlaikc1450 beneficialness1528 beneficence1531 benevolency1545 beneficency1576 kindheartedness1583 benefiting1594 candidness1643 benefacture1651 geniality1652 candour1653 hearta1656 obliging1676 benevolentness1736 affectionateness1751 warm-heartedness1808 Samaritanism1843 sweet-heartedness1865 benignancy1876 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. x. sig. Rviii Beneficence can by no menes be vicious, and retaine still his name. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark v. 24 (R.) Like as the lodestone draweth vnto it yron, so dothe benefycence and well doing allure all men vnto her. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. iii. §8. 42 By this meanes all beneficence..would be taken from among men. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 87 It is an institution of beneficence; and law itself is only beneficence acting by a rule. View more context for this quotation 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. viii. viii. 353 What does intellectual power..stripped of beneficence, most resemble? 2. concrete. A benefaction, a beneficent gift, deed, or work. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > act of kindness goodOE loveOE estdedea1325 bounty1330 benefice1340 benefit1377 while1382 whileness1382 officec1384 excellencec1385 goodshipa1393 kindnessc1400 benevolencec1425 benignityc1534 obligement1611 obligation1618 friendlinessa1633 benevolenta1639 beneficence1654 amability1655 benefactiona1662 knight-service1675 kindliness1883 humanity1985 1654 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 320 The market-place is..remarkable for old Hobson the pleasant carrier's beneficence of a fountain. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. i. 131 Sterling now..zealously forwarded schools and beneficences. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 197 Distributed their beneficence in the shape of some handfuls of copper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1531
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