beneficent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective doing or producing good
    • the most beneficent regime in history
  2. adjective satellite generous in assistance to the poor
    benevolent; eleemosynary; philanthropic.
    • a benevolent contributor
    • eleemosynary relief
    • philanthropic contributions

WordNet

Be*nef`i*cent
Definitions
  1. , a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
    The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott.
    Syn. -- See Benevolent.

Webster 1913