CHARITY
\t͡ʃˈaɹɪti], \tʃˈaɹɪti], \tʃ_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of CHARITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
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an institution set up to provide help to the needy
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a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
By Princeton University
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a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
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an institution set up to provide help to the needy
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a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Love; universal benevolence; good will.
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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.
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Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
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A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
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Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
By Oddity Software
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Love; universal benevolence; good will.
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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.
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Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
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A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
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Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The disposition to think well of others; alms; universal love and good will; an institution for the poor.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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In New Test., universal love: the disposition to think favorably of others, and do them good: almsgiving.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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