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beneficence - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | beneficence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | donation |
| Synonyms: | aid, alms, benefaction, charity, contribution, gift, grace, handout, offering, philanthropy |
| Main Entry: | beneficence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benevolence |
| Synonyms: | altruism, benefaction, benignancy, benignity, big-heartedness, charitableness, charity, generosity, goodness, goodwill, grace, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, philanthropy |
| Main Entry: | contribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, offering |
| Synonyms: | a hand, addition, alms, augmentation, benefaction, beneficence, bestowal, charity, do one's part, donation, gifting, grant, handout, helping hand, improvement, increase, input, present, significant addition, subscription, supplement, write-off |
| Main Entry: | donation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift |
| Synonyms: | a hand, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, do one's part, dole, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand* largess, lump, offering, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, write-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | generosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit of giving |
| Synonyms: | altruism, benevolence, bounty, charity, goodness, heart, hospitality, kindness, magnanimity, philanthropy, profusion, readiness, unselfishness, all heart, alms-giving, beneficence, bounteousness, charitableness, free giving, high-mindedness, largesse, liberality, munificence, nobleness, openhandedness |
| Antonyms: | greed, meanness, selfishness, stinginess |
| Main Entry: | goodness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency, excellence |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benefit, benevolence, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, honesty, honor, integrity, kindheartedness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality, nourishment, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, worth, beneficence, ethicality, graciousness, humaneness, kindliness, obligingness, rightness, wholesomeness |
| Antonyms: | evil, indecency, meanness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | offering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | donation |
| Synonyms: | alms, atonement, charity, contribution, gift, oblation, present, sacrifice, subscription, bene-faction, beneficence, expiation |
| Antonyms: | withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | philanthropy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humanitarianism |
| Synonyms: | alms, altruism, assistance, benefaction, charity, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, generosity, helping hand, relief, alms-giving, beneficence, gifting, good works |
| Main Entry: | unselfishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | generosity |
| Synonyms: | altruism, benevolence, charity, helpfulness, magnanimity, philanthropy, beneficence, munificence, openhandedness |
| Antonyms: | avarice, cupidity, greed, selfishness |
| Main Entry: | charity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | generosity, gift |
| Synonyms: | alms, assistance, benefaction, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, hand*, helping hand, oblation, offering, philanthropy, relief, alms-giving, beneficence, gifting, hand-out, largesse, write-off |
| Antonyms: | stealing, taking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kindness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compassion, generosity |
| Synonyms: | affection, altruism, benevolence, charity, clemency, consideration, cordiality, courtesy, decency, delicacy, fellow feeling, forbearance, gentleness, good will, goodness, grace, heart, helpfulness, hospitality, humanity, indulgence, magnanimity, mildness, patience, philanthropy, solicitude, sweetness, sympathy, tact, tenderness, thoughtfulness, tolerance, understanding, unselfishness, amiability, beneficence, good intention, graciousness, kindliness, serviceability, solicitousness |
| Antonyms: | cruelty, harshness, meanness |
| Main Entry: | grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mercy, forgiveness |
| Synonyms: | benefaction, benevolence, charity, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, generosity, good will, goodness, indulgence, kindness, leniency, love, pardon, quarter, reprieve, tenderness, beneficence, caritas, compassionateness, kindliness, lenity, responsiveness |
| Antonyms: | mercilessness, unforgiveness |
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