Definition of BENEFICENCE

Examples of beneficence in a Sentence

the town library stays open primarily through beneficences from concerned residents a religious leader whose beneficence is felt by all who meet him

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But his faith in his country’s beneficence remains undimmed. — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, "In ‘The Restless Wave,’ John McCain Says America Is Still Exceptional," 16 May 2018 Rarely noted is the longstanding Israeli beneficence toward Palestinians, when not under attack. — WSJ, "Younger Evangelicals on Israel and Palestine," 11 June 2018 Americans have long had a love-hate relationship with Europe and foreigners in general, along with a strong current of belief that others have taken advantage of U.S. beneficence, sentiments that Trump has been more than willing to exploit. — Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News, "In Trump, some see the end of the world order," 8 June 2018 Better still would be the inculcation into all our moral considerations of beneficence as an internal good rather than an ethical calculation. — Michael Shermer, Scientific American, "Does the Philosophy of “the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number” Have Any Merit?," 1 May 2018 Almost five years ago, at a more obscure institution of higher learning, Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, China’s president, Xi Jinping, outlined his own vision of economic beneficence. — The Economist, "Will China’s Belt and Road Initiative outdo the Marshall Plan?," 8 Mar. 2018 In different ways, both talked through a new way of thinking about local news, and a novel business model for funding it, one that doesn’t depend on the beneficence of Facebook or Google (which also has a new plan for local coverage). — Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, "A Crazy Idea for Funding Local News: Charge People for It," 7 Feb. 2018 Blatz's beneficence could have been tempered by the fact that three of the brewery's biggest competitors — Pabst, Schlitz and Miller — also made bids. — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "That time Miller Brewing picked up the tab for the stadium's scoreboard," 12 Dec. 2017 Kim wasn't the only recipient of Gray's beneficence. — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, "A Wealthy New York Woman Left Behind a Mysterious Handwritten Will," 28 Sep. 2015

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