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charitable Adjective 1. kind or lenient in one's attitude towards others 2. of or for charity: a charitable organization charitably adv
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charitable adjective 1. benevolent, liberal, generous, lavish, philanthropic, bountiful, beneficent << OPPOSITE mean adjective 2. kind, understanding, forgiving, sympathetic, favourable, tolerant, indulgent, lenient, considerate, magnanimous, broad-minded << OPPOSITE unkind Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This fine old robber-knight was a devoutly and sincerely religious man, hospitable, charitable to the poor, fearless in fight, active, enterprising, and possessed of a large and generous nature. They were not exactly popular favorites, but they did receive certain undesirable morsels from the more charitable housewives. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity; and single men, though they may be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. |
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