Beneficence
Pronunciation : Be*nef"i*cence
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. beneficentia, fr. beneficus: cf. F. b?n?ficence. See Benefice.]
Definition : Defn: The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness. And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. Cowper.
Syn. -- See Benevolence.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913