white magic
noun1
Idiomatic Magic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.
- Widespread popular tolerance of white magic thus helped to mitigate the rigours of the law.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 238:
- Derived terms
- white magician, white wizard, white witch
- Coordinate terms
- gray magic, black magic