What does charitable mean?
Definitions for charitable
ˈtʃær ɪ tə bəlchar·i·ta·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
charitableadjective
relating to or characterized by charity
"a charitable foundation"
charitableadjective
full of love and generosity
"charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"
charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-heartedadjective
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
"was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
Wiktionary
charitableadjective
Pertaining to charity.
charitableadjective
Kind, generous.
charitableadjective
Having a purpose or character of a charity.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Charitableadjective
Etymology: charitable, Fr. from charité.
He that hinders a charitable person from giving alms to a poor man, is tied to restitution, if he hindered him by fraud or violence. Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living.
Shortly thou wilt behold me poor, and kneeling
Before thy charitable door for bread. Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore.How shall we then wish, that it might be allowed us to live over our lives again, in order to fill every minute of them with charitable offices! Francis Atterbury.
Health to himself, and to his infants bread
The lab’rer bears: what his hard heart denies,
His charitable vanity supplies. Alexander Pope.How had you been my friend else? Why have you that charitable title from thousands, did you not chiefly belong to my heart? William Shakespeare, Timon.
Of a politick sermon that had no divinity, the king said to bishop Andrews, Call you this a sermon? The bishop answered; By a charitable construction it may be a sermon. Francis Bacon.
Webster Dictionary
Charitableadjective
full of love and good will; benevolent; kind
Charitableadjective
liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment
Charitableadjective
liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent
Charitableadjective
of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution
Charitableadjective
dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of charitable in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of charitable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of charitable in a Sentence
Angels and ministers of grace defend us.Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damned,Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,That I will speak to thee.
Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh:
Then he saw also that it matters little what profession, whether of religion or irreligion, a man may make, provided only he follows it out with charitable inconsistency, and without insisting on it to the bitter end. It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is held and not in the dogma or want of dogma that the danger lies.
If she ever goes back they would probably be conservative roles not like her last role in ‘ Suits. ’ She will probably focus more on her charitable interests, humanitarian interests, her role when she gets married will be the Duchess of Sussex.
Democratic Florida Rep. Kathy Castor:
The FDA’s regulation of individually-rolled, premium cigars in general is unreasonable and has led to unintentional, but very real consequences, like halting one of the most popular charitable donations to our troops.
Donor advised funds are one of my go-to strategies for reducing taxes for people who are already charitable.
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