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Adjective beneficent has 3 senses
- beneficent - doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history"
Antonyms: maleficent, baleful, baneful, malefic, malevolent, malign, evil
- beneficent, benevolent, gracious - doing or producing good
Antonyms: evil, wicked (indirect, via good)
- beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic - generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"
Antonym: uncharitable (indirect, via charitable)
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