Word of the Day for Wednesday October 5, 2005 from
Dictionary.com
beneficence \buh-NEFF-i-suhns\, noun: 1. The
practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or
charity. 2. A charitable gift or act.
Beneficence is from Latin beneficentia, from beneficus, "kind,
generous, obliging," from bene, "well" (from bonus, "good") +
facere, "to do." The adjective form is beneficent.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Word of the Day: Beneficence
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All the words of the day, are long =(
hehe! I wonder if theres ever gonna be a short word for the word of the day!
i wonder is "Sushi" is gonna be one!
haha!
Propz!
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