BENEFICENCE
\bˈɛnɪfˌɪsəns], \bˈɛnɪfˌɪsəns], \b_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_f_ˌɪ_s_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of BENEFICENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
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The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
By Noah Webster.
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The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). The ethical principle of BENEFICENCE requires producing net benefit over harm. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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