Definition
An alternate or variant form of beneficence; the quality or practice of doing good and being charitable.
Etymology
A variant of beneficence, possibly influenced by similar -ency/-ence noun formation pairs (like frequency/frequence or consistency/consistence). Rare and largely obsolete in modern usage.
Kelly Says
Beneficency is a ghost word—it appears in old dictionaries as a legitimate variant, but writers chose beneficence instead, and now it exists only in the historical record like an evolutionary dead-end.
Translations
CACatalà
benefici
be-ne-fi-tsi
CSČeština
dobročinnost
dob-ro-chy-n-nost
DADansk
nyttighed
nyt-ti-ghed
DEDeutsch
Wohltätigkeit
vɔlˈtɛɪtʊŋ
ELΕλληνικά
ελεημοσύνη
e-le-e-mo-sy-nee
ESEspañol
beneficencia
be-ne-fi-sen-thee-a
FRFrançais
bénéficence
be-ne-fi-sɑ̃s
HEעברית
מעשים טובים
ma-as-im to-vim
HUMagyar
jótékonykodás
yo-tek-o-ny-ko-das
IDBahasa Indonesia
manfaat
man-fa-tat
ITItaliano
beneficenza
be-ne-fi-chen-za
KMKM
ប្រโยជน์
bra-yoch-neht
MSBahasa Melayu
faedah
fa-edah
NLNederlands
weldadigheid
vel-da-dig-heid
NONorsk
nyttighet
ny-t-ti-get
PLPolski
dobroczynność
dob-ro-chy-n-no-scht
PTPortuguês
beneficência
be-ne-fi-sen-thee-a
RORomână
binefacere
bee-ne-fa-che-re
RUРусский
благодеяние
blagodjayaniye
SVSvenska
nyttighet
ny-t-ti-get
SWKiswahili
faida
fa-i-da
THไทย
ประโยชน์
pra-yo-chert
TLTL
benepisyo
be-ne-pi-syo
TRTürkçe
faydalılık
fay-da-li-lik
UKУкраїнська
доброчинність
dob-ro-chy-n-nist
VITiếng Việt
lợi ích
loi ich
YOYO
àwọn ìṣẹ̀
awon i-she
ZUZU
imiselo
ee-mee-se-lo