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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Beneficent

/bĕnˌ-əf-ĭsh'-ənt/ · Be·nef·i·cent · IPA /bəˈnɛ.fə.sənt/
01 a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
  1. 1.
    Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
    “The beneficent fruits of Christianity.” — Prescott.
Syn. See Benevolent.