charity

char·i·ty  (chr-t)

n. pl. char·i·ties

1. Provision of help or relief to the poor; almsgiving.

2. Something given to help the needy; alms.

3. An institution, organization, or fund established to help the needy.

4. Benevolence or generosity toward others or toward humanity.

5. Indulgence or forbearance in judging others. See Synonyms at mercy.

6. often Charity Christianity The theological virtue defined as love directed first toward God but also toward oneself and one's neighbors as objects of God's love.

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[Middle English charite, from Old French, Christian love, from Latin crits, affection, from crus, dear; see k- in Indo-European roots.]

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charity [ˈtʃærɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. (Social Welfare)

a.  the giving of help, money, food, etc., to those in need

b.  (as modifier) a charity show

2. (Social Welfare)

a.  an institution or organization set up to provide help, money, etc., to those in need

b.  (as modifier) charity funds

3. (Social Welfare) the help, money, etc., given to the needy; alms

4. a kindly and lenient attitude towards people

5. love of one's fellow men

[from Old French charite, from Latin cāritās affection, love, from cārus dear]

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Charity

See also love; poverty.

eleemosynary

pertaining to charity or alms-giving.

philanthropy

voluntary activity of or disposition towards donating money, property, or services to the needy or for general social betterment. — philanthropic, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	charity - a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals) foundation - an institution supported by an endowment philanthropic foundation - a foundation that provides funds for science or art or education or religion or relief from disease etc. private foundation - a charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public public charity - a charity that is deemed to receive the major part of its support from the public (rather than from a small group of individuals)
	2.	charity - a kindly and lenient attitude toward people brotherly love benevolence - an inclination to do kind or charitable acts supernatural virtue, theological virtue - according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues
	3.	charity - an activity or gift that benefits the public at large giving, gift - the act of giving handout - giving money or food or clothing to a needy person zakat - the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship; "the zakat is earmarked for the poor and disabled"
	4.	charity - pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae, Greek valerian polemonium - any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions
	5.	charity - an institution set up to provide help to the needy institution, establishment - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose community chest - a charity supported by individual subscriptions; defrays the demands on a community for social welfare soup kitchen - a place where food is dispensed to the needy

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charity

noun

1. charitable organization, fund, movement, trust, endowment The National Trust is a registered charity.

2. donations, help, relief, gift, contributions, assistance, hand-out, philanthropy, alms-giving, benefaction, largesse or largess My mum was very proud. She wouldn't accept charity.
donations selfishness, meanness, stinginess, miserliness

3. kindness, love, pity, humanity, affection, goodness, goodwill, compassion, generosity, indulgence, bounty, altruism, benevolence, fellow feeling, benignity, bountifulness, tenderheartedness He had no sense of right and wrong, no charity, no humanity.
kindness hatred, intolerance, malice, ill will

Quotations
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity" Bible: 1 Corinthians
"Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does" [Simone Weil The New York Notebook]
"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith; so that I could remove mountains; and have not charity, I am nothing" Bible: 1 Corinthians
"Charity begins at home, but should not end there" [Thomas Fuller Gnomologia]
"Charity sufferreth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up... Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth" Bible: 1 Corinthians
"Charity shall cover the multitude of sins" Bible: 1 Peter
"He gives the poor man twice as much good who gives quickly" [Publilius Syrus]

Proverbs
"Charity begins at home"

Translations

charity [ˈtʃærɪtɪ]

A. N

1. (= goodwill) → caridad f
out of charity → por caridad
charity begins at home → la caridad bien entendida empieza por uno mismo

2. (= financial relief) → obras fpl benéficas; (= alms) → limosnas fpl
all proceeds go to charity → todo lo recaudado se destinará a obras benéficas
he gave the money to charity → donó el dinero a una organización benéfica
to live on charity → vivir de la caridad
to raffle sth for charity → rifar algo para fines benéficos

3. (= organization) → organización f benéfica

4. (= act) it would be a charity if → sería una obra de caridad si ...

B. CPD charity appeal N → cuestación f para obras benéficas
charity shop N (Brit) tienda de artículos de segunda mano que dedica su recaudación a causas benéficas

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charity [ˈtʃærɪti]

n

(= virtue) → charité f
charity begins at home → charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même

(= organization) → association f caritative, association f de bienfaisance
He gave the money to charity → Il a donné l'argent à une association caritative.

(= alms) → charité f

modif [function, concert, ball, dinner, match] → (au profit d'une œuvre) de bienfaisance
charity shop n boutique vendant des articles d'occasion au profit d'une organisation caritative
charity work n → travail au profit d'une organisation caritative)m bénévole >

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charity

n

(= Christian virtue) → tätige Nächstenliebe, Barmherzigkeit f

(= tolerance, kindness) → Menschenfreundlichkeit f; for charity’s sake, out of charity → aus reiner Menschenfreundlichkeit; charity begins at home (Prov) → man muss zuerst an seine eigene Familie/sein eigenes Land etc denken

(= alms) to live on charity → von Almosen leben

(= charitable society) → Wohltätigkeitsverein m, → karitative Organisation; (= charitable purposes) → Wohlfahrt f; to work for charity → für die Wohlfahrt arbeiten; a collection for charity → eine Sammlung für wohltätige or karitative Zwecke

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charity in cpds → Wohltätigkeits-

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charity [ˈtʃærɪtɪ] n

a. (virtue) → carità
out of charity → per carità or misericordia
to live on charity → vivere di elemosine
charity begins at home (Proverb) → il primo prossimo è la tua famiglia

b. (organization) → opera pia, associazione f benefica
she gave all her money to charity → lasciò tutto il suo denaro in beneficenza

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charity [ˈtʃærɪtɪ] n

a. (virtue) → carità
out of charity → per carità or misericordia
to live on charity → vivere di elemosine
charity begins at home (Proverb) → il primo prossimo è la tua famiglia

b. (organization) → opera pia, associazione f benefica
she gave all her money to charity → lasciò tutto il suo denaro in beneficenza

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charity

n charity [ˈtʃӕrəti]

1 kindness (especially in giving money to poor people) She gave clothes to the gypsies out of charity. liefdadigheid صَدَقَه، إحْسان، مَحَبَّةُ الغَيْر милосърдие dobročinnost velgørenhed; godgørenhed die Nächstenliebe φιλανθρωπία, ελεημοσύνη caridad heategevus, armulikkus مهربانی hyväntekeväisyys, armeliaisuus charité צְדָקָה दान milosrđe, dobročinstvo jótékonyság amal góðverk, kærleikur carità 慈善 자선 geraširdiškumas, labdara labdarība; žēlastības dāvana amal jariah liefdadigheid nestekjærlighet, veldedighet filantropia, dobroczynność caridade caritate, milă милосердие dobročinnosť usmiljenje milosrđe godhet, medmänsklighet ความเอื้อเฟื้อเผื่อแผ่ hayırseverlik 仁慈，慈善 милосердя خیرات lòng nhân đức 仁慈，慈善

2 an organization set up to collect money for the needy, for medical research etc Many charities sent money to help the victims of the disaster. liefdadigheidsorganisasie, welsynsorganisasie مُؤَسَّسَه خَيْرِيَّه благотворителна фондация charitativní spolek velgørenhedsorganisation die Wohlfahrtseinrichtung φιλανθρωπική οργάνωση institución benéfica heategevusorganisatsioon موسسه خیریه hyväntekeväisyysjärjestö oeuvre de bienfaisance אִרגוּן צְדָקָה जरूरतमंद लोगों के लिए धन जमा करने के लिए गठित संगठन dobrotvorne svrhe jótékonysági intézmény badan amal líknarstarfsemi, hjálparstofnun opera di carità 慈善団体 자산기금 labdaros organizacija labdarības iestāde pertubuhan amal liefdadigheidsinstelling veldedig organisasjon instytucja dobroczynna obra de caridade organizaţii de binefacere благотворительное учреждение charitatívny spolok dobrodelna ustanova dobrotvorno društvo välgörenhet[] มูลนิธิการกุศล yardım derneği 慈善團體 добродійна організація خیراتی ادارہ hội từ thiện 慈善团体

adj charitable

1 (negativeuncharitable) kind. onmenslik, hard مُحْسِن، مُتَصَدِّق، مُتَرَفِّق благотворителен šlechetný velgørende; godgørende mild καλοσυνάτος caritativo, comprensivo lahke خیرخواه؛ بخشنده ihmisystävällinen charitable נוֹטֶה חֶסֶד परोपकारी benevolentan, dobrohotan jószívű dermawan góðgjarn caritatevole 慈悲深い 자비로운 geraširdiškas žēlsirdīgs murah hati menslievend nestekjærlig; overbærende, mild miłosierny bondoso generos милосердный láskavý usmiljen blagonaklon medmänsklig ที่เมตตากรุณา yardımsever, sevecen 慈悲的 щедрий, милосердний غیر مخیر nhân đức 宽厚的

2 of a charity a charitable organization. liefdadig خَيْري с милосърдие charitativní, dobročinný velgørenheds- wohltätig φιλανθρωπικός benéfico heategev خیریه hyväntekeväisyys- de bienfaisance שֶׁל חֶסֶד धर्मार्थ dobrotvoran jótékonysági amal góðgerðar- di beneficienza 慈善の 자선을 위한 labdaringas labdarīgs persatuan amal liefdadig veldedig dobroczynny de caridade de binefacere благотворительный dobročinný dobrodelen dobrotvoran välgörenhets- ที่เป็นกุศล hayır işleriyle uğraşan 慈善的 добродійний خیراتی ادارہ thuộc tổ chức từ thiện 慈善的

adv charitably

liefdadig بِصورَةٍ خَيْرِيَّةٍ، بِتَصَدُّق щедро charitativně, šlechetně mildt, overbærende wohltätig φιλανθρωπικά, καλοσυνάτα caritativamente armulikult خیرخواهانه armeliaasti charitablement בִּנְדִיבוּת उदारता से dobrotvorno könyörületesen secara amal af kærleika/góðmennsku caritatevolmente 慈悲深く 자비롭게 geraširdiškai, labdaringai žēlsirdīgi; labdarīgi dengan murah hati menslievend mildt; overbærende miłosiernie bondosamente cu mărinimie милосердно láskavo dobrohotno dobrotvorno medmänskligt, välgörande อย่างมีเมตตา merhametle 慈善地，仁愛地 милосердно خیراتی طور پر một cách độ lượng 慈善地，仁爱地

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charity → إحسان charita velgørenhed Wohltätigkeitsorganisation φιλανθρωπία institución benéfica hyväntekeväisyys charité dobrohotnost beneficenza 慈善団体 자선 liefdadigheidsinstelling veldedighet miłosierdzie caridade благотворительность välgörenhet การกุศล yardım derneği hội từ thiện 慈善机构