beneficent
/buh-NEF-ih-sunt/adjectivedoing or producing good; performing acts of kindness
“The beneficent policy brought clean water to remote villages.”
- Synonyms
- generous, benevolent, altruistic
- Antonyms
- harmful, malefic
- Root
- bene- (good)
- Memory hook
- bene (good) + ficent (making): making good happen.
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