beneficialnessn.
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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
1528 Roy Satire (Arb.) 35 They reputed vs for haulfe goddes and more, thorowe the masses beneficialnes.
1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xxiv. sig. Kij If God of hys naturall loue benefycyalnes and free lyberalite geuyth here..health, strength, ryches.
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 115 The goodness and beneficialness of the Divine Nature.
2. Beneficial quality, usefulness, profitableness.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > advantageous or beneficial quality
profitablenessa1398
profitabilitya1500
fruitfulness1509
beneficialness1587
propitiousness1593
gainfulness1646
advantageousness?1649
favourableness1775
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 179 Shouldest thou not rather commend the beneficialnes thereof [i.e. of the sea]?
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 5 They do not commend their knowledge to us upon the account of their usefulness and beneficialness.
1739 Burkitt's Expos. Notes N.T. (ed. 11) Matt. iv. 24 A Life of universal Serviceableness and Beneficialness to Mankind.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last 46 The beneficialness of the inequality depends, first, on the methods by which it is accomplished.
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