Definition of beneficent
1 : doing or producing good a beneficent policy; especially : performing acts of kindness and charity a beneficent leader
2 : beneficial beneficent bacteria
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Examples of beneficent in a Sentence
a humane and beneficent policy
a beneficent couple who are regular volunteers at a homeless shelter
Recent Examples of beneficent from the Web
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The impulse that rejects the very notion of IQ differences between races will thrive despite any beneficent intentions founded on belief in such differences.
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All praise Marc Benioff, the beneficent, the wise, the creator of Salesforce.
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Sometimes seemingly beneficent otherworldly beings take a cruel turn that seems all the harsher because the switch is unfathomable, almost out of nowhere.
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In the past three years, as some three hundred thousand refugees, many from Syria and Afghanistan, have sought asylum, there has been a growing sense that the country can no longer afford to be beneficent.
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But for, say, two young black men trying to jump a car that won’t start—no doubt frustrated and late for work—the arrival of a police officer is the arrival of a government agent who may be in a beneficent mood or a vengeful one.
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But for, say, two young black men trying to jump a car that won’t start—no doubt frustrated and late for work—the arrival of a police officer is the arrival of a government agent who may be in a beneficent mood or a vengeful one.
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In other words, suggesting that Trump was beneficent was a distraction, at best.
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This was the Kingdom, a place of flourishing gardens, abundant cobbler and Renaissance Faire dialogue, overseen by the beneficent and dreadlocked King Ezekiel.
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Origin and Etymology of beneficent
back-formation from beneficence
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playDefinition of beneficent for English Language Learners
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: doing or producing good
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