charity
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Noun (5)charities
- a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)Type of foundationKinds private foundation, public charity, philanthropic foundation
- a kindly and lenient attitude toward peopleSynonyms: brotherly loveType of benevolence, theological virtue
- an activity or gift that benefits the public at largeType of giving, giftKinds handout, zakat
- pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowersSynonyms: Jacob's ladderGreek valerianPolemonium caeruleumPolemonium van-bruntiaePolymonium caeruleum van-bruntiaeType of polemonium
- an institution set up to provide help to the needyType of institution, establishmentKinds soup kitchen, community chest
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Translations
Noun benevolence to less fortunate
- Spanish
- caridad
- French
- charité
- German
- Wohltätigkeit
- Italian
- carità
- Portuguese
- caridade
- Russian
- благотвори́тельность blagotvorítelʹnostʹ
- Arabic
- إِحْسَان ʔiḥsān
- Chinese
- 慈善 císhàn
- Japanese
- 慈善 jizen
- Dutch
- liefdadigheid
16 more languages
- Swedish
- välgörenhet
- Greek
- αγαθοεργία agathoergía
- Korean
- 자선 jaseon
- Indonesian
- amal
- Hungarian
- jótékonyság
- Portuguese (PT)
- caridade
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 慈善 císhàn
- Albanian
- lëmoshë
- Catalan
- caritat
- Czech
- dobročinnost
- Danish
- velgørenhed
- Finnish
- hyväntekeväisyys
- Hebrew
- צְדָקָה ts'daká
- Latvian
- labdarība
- Lithuanian
- labdara
- Romanian
- caritate
Noun charitable organisation
- Chinese
- 慈善机构 císhàn jīgòu
- Swedish
- välgörenhetsorganisation
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 慈善機構 císhàn jīgòu
- Finnish
- hyväntekeväisyysjärjestö
- Slovak
- charita
- Welsh
- elusen
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. charité fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. Caress.
1. Love; universal benevolence; good will.
Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the greatest of these is charity.— 1. Cor. xiii. 13.
They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose hearts the great charities... lie dead.— John Ruskin
With malice towards none, with charity for all.— Abraham Lincoln
2. 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.
The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.— Joseph Stevens Buckminster
3. Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans, spake like a Christian.— John Dryden
4. Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
She did ill then to refuse her a charity.— Sir Roger L'Estrange
5. A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
6. pl. Law Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.— William Wordsworth
Sisters of Charity Roman Catholic Church, a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; — a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity.
Synonyms: Love; benevolence; good will; affection; tenderness; beneficence; liberality; almsgiving.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<language> A functional language based purely on category theory by Cockett, Spencer, and Fukushima, 1990-1991.
A version for Sun-4 is available from Tom Fukushima <fukushim@ucalgary.ca>.
["About Charity", J.R.B. Cockett, U. Calgary, Canada, et al].
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