Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beneficence \Be*nef"i*cence\, n. [L. beneficentia, fr.
   beneficus: cf. F. b['e]n['e]ficence. See {Benefice}.]
   The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or
   charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

         And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --Cowper.

   Syn: See {Benevolence}.

Source : WordNet®

beneficence
     n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: {maleficence}]
     2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant: {maleficence}]