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beneficence

[buh-nef-uh-suhns] / bəˈnɛf ə səns /




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All that brainpower would have been for naught, however, save for the beneficence of Uncle Sam.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

For the moral physician, beneficence must always exceed maleficence.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024

Outside the foundation, her personal beneficence was vast and eclectic.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2022

Principle of beneficence: The principle of beneficence proposes that we should act in ways that benefit others or that are for the good of others.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

From his agitation, I discerned that Lord Cheldthorpe had given no firm word on whether he would support our continued experiments and grace the arts of our house with his beneficence.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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