Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Word of the Day: Beneficence

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.

1 comment:

Sushi Tazumi said...

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!