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1. (n.) charity
donations or generous actions to aid the poor, ill, or helpless.
2. charity
a charitable act or work.
3. charity
a charitable fund, foundation, or institution.
4. charity
benevolent feeling, esp. toward those in need:
to do something out of charity.
5. charity
leniency in judging others; forbearance.
6. charity
alms.
7. charity
Christian love; agape.
Etymology: (< F, MF, said to be < LL carībaria headache < Gk karēbaría=kárē head +barys heavy)
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| Definition of 'charity' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) charity
a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
2. (noun) charity, brotherly love
a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
3. (noun) charity
an activity or gift that benefits the public at large
4. (noun) Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, charity, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
5. (noun) charity
an institution set up to provide help to the needy
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1. (noun) charity
an aid organization not working for profit
an AIDS charity
2. charity
aid given to people
to raise money for charity
3. charity
kindness
to show charity to sb
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| Definition of 'charity' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) charity
love; universal benevolence; good will
2. (noun) charity
liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others
3. (noun) charity
liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity
4. (noun) charity
whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness
5. (noun) charity
a charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity
6. (noun) charity
eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions
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| Definitions of 'charity' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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charity
1. A thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
2. Bracing up Ralph Waldo Emerson's reputation by attributing to him literary mousetraps which he should have made, but didn't. (See Cheese.)
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Sense: kindness (especially in giving money to poor people)
She gave clothes to the gypsies out of charity.
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 Afrikaans: liefdadigheid |
 Arabic: صَدَقَه، إحْسان، مَحَبَّة |
 Bulgarian: милосърдие |
 Brazilian: caridade |
 Czech: dobročinnost |
 German: die Nächstenliebe |
 Danish: velgørenhed; godgørenhed |
 Greek: φιλανθρωπία, ελεημοσύνη |
 Spanish: caridad |
 Estonian: heategevus, armulikkus |
 Farsi: مهربانی |
 Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys |
 French: charité |
 Hebrew: צְדָקָה |
 Hindi: दान |
 Croatian: milosrđe, dobročinstvo |
 Hungarian: jótékonyság |
 Indonesian: amal |
 Icelandic: góðverk, kærleikur |
 Italian: carità |
 Japanese: 慈善 |
 Korean: 자선 |
 Lithuanian: geraširdiškumas, labdara |
 Latvian: labdarība; žēlastības dāv |
 Malay: amal jariah |
 Dutch: liefdadigheid |
 Norwegian: nestekjærlighet, veldedig |
 Polish: filantropia, dobroczynnoś |
 Persian: مهربانی |
 Pashto: مهربانی |
 Portuguese: caridade |
 Romanian: caritate, milă |
 Russian: милосердие |
 Slovak: dobročinnosť |
 Slovenian: usmiljenje |
 Serbian: milosrđe |
 Swedish: godhet, medmänsklighet |
 Thai: ความเอื้อเฟื้อเผื่อแผ่ |
 Turkish: hayırseverlik |
 Taiwanese: 仁慈，慈善 |
 Ukrainian: милосердя |
 Urdu: خیرات |
 Vietnamese: lòng nhân đức |
 Chinese: 仁慈，慈善 |
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