white magic

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noun

magic used for good purposes, especially to counteract evil (contrasted with black magic).

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Words nearby white magic

So resist the urge to telegraph good deeds—just sit back and let the white magic unfold.
Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|October 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
White Magic that only the black man from everywhere and nowhere could perform.
Magic|Tina Brown|November 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Surely, if one such mountebank can cheer her thus, she shall be fed on white magic each day.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
Huysmans, however, scoffs at this distinction and says the use of the term "white magic" was a ruse of the Rose-Croix.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements|Nesta H. Webster

He has done much to popularize the fascinating art of white magic.
Magic|Ellis Stanyon
They are run by three things—black magic, white magic and a sense of humor.
Vignettes Of San Francisco|Almira Bailey
Black magic takes them up the hills, white magic restrains them down, and the sense of humor is in the Irish conductors.
Vignettes Of San Francisco|Almira Bailey