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charitable

[ char-i-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. 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

  2. kindly or lenient in judging people, acts, etc.:

    charitable in his opinions of others.

    Synonyms: mild, considerate, broad-minded, merciful, lenient

    Antonyms: intolerant, severe

  3. relating to or concerned with charity:

    a charitable institution.



charitable

/ ˈtʃærɪtəbəl /

adjective

  1. generous in giving to the needy
  2. kind or lenient in one's attitude towards others
  3. concerned with or involving charity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcharitably, adverb
  • ˈcharitableness, noun
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Other Words From

  • chari·ta·ble·ness noun
  • chari·ta·bly adverb
  • non·chari·ta·ble adjective
  • non·chari·ta·ble·ness noun
  • non·chari·ta·bly adverb
  • over·chari·ta·ble adjective
  • over·chari·ta·ble·ness noun
  • over·chari·ta·bly adverb
  • pseudo·chari·ta·ble adjective
  • pseudo·chari·ta·bly adverb
  • quasi-chari·ta·ble adjective
  • quasi-chari·ta·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of charitable1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old French, equivalent to charit(e) charity + -able -able
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Example Sentences

In the meantime, Epstein has tried to use his charitable projects to float him back to the top.

Under the most charitable interpretation, his administration was simply mistaken.

By the way, killjoys, American charitable giving goes up by 42 percent during this season of crass materialistic greed and excess.

Actors, musicians, and athletes have a long tradition of supporting charitable causes.

Since then, Gurira has become active in social justice and charitable causes.

Generally persons who associate for charitable or benevolent purposes do not regard themselves in a legal sense as partners.

Masonic lodges on the other hand, are generally regarded as charitable institutions.

Never by word or action notice the defects of another; be charitable, for all need charity.

He was charitable to the poor, gave large donations to religious societies, and rewarded those who wrote in his praise.

Trevithick's grave was among those of the poor buried by the charitable; no stone or mark distinguished it from its neighbours.

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