beneficencia

Definitions of beneficencia
  1. noun
    governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
    synonyms: bienestar
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    seguridad
    social insurance program in Britain; based on contributions from employers and employees; provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services
    SS, seguridad social, seguro
    social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance
    type of:
    apoyo, ayuda
    money to support a worthy person or cause
  2. noun
    the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
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    gracia
    (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God
    type of:
    bondad
    moral excellence or admirableness
  3. noun
    doing good; feeling beneficent
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    antonyms:
    maleficencia
    doing or causing evil
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