charitable
Americanadjective
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generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless people, or of animals.
a charitable man giving much money to feed people experiencing food insecurity.
- Synonyms:
- benevolent, bountiful, liberal, beneficent
- Antonyms:
- selfish
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kindly or lenient in judging people, acts, etc..
charitable in his opinions of others.
- Synonyms:
- mild, considerate, broad-minded, merciful, lenient
- Antonyms:
- intolerant, severe
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relating to or concerned with charity.
a charitable institution.
adjective
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generous in giving to the needy
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kind or lenient in one's attitude towards others
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concerned with or involving charity
Related Words
See generous.
Other Word Forms
- charitableness noun
- charitably adverb
- noncharitable adjective
- noncharitableness noun
- noncharitably adverb
- overcharitable adjective
- overcharitableness noun
- overcharitably adverb
- pseudocharitable adjective
- pseudocharitably adverb
- quasi-charitable adjective
- quasi-charitably adverb
Etymology
Origin of charitable
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old French, equivalent to charit(e) charity + -able -able
Example Sentences
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The less charitable would call it inflexibility, a constant topic of debate that ultimately also played a part in his downfall.
From BBC
Proceeds from the auction were designated for charitable causes, including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Palm Beach County sheriff’s office.
From Salon
Some voters said the state’s charitable tradition is partly to blame.
But Donaldson sees these videos as pragmatic; making money and promoting charitable causes, he and his team would argue, are not diametrically opposed.
This maneuver, called a qualified charitable distribution, is not taxable, up to an annual limit.
From MarketWatch
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