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Synonyms for charity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : char-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃær ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for charity Other synonyms for the word charity
- assistance
- attachment
- benefaction
- beneficence
- benevolence
- benignity
- bountifulness
- bounty
- caritas
- clemency
- contribution
- dole
- fellow feeling
- generosity
- gifting
- goodness
- goodwill
- grace
- hand
- hand-out
- helping hand
- humaneness
- humanity
- indulgence
- kindliness
- largesse
- lenity
- love
- magnanimity
- mercy
- oblation
- offering
- relief
- tenderheartedness
- write-off
Définition of charity
Origin :- mid-12c., "benevolence for the poor," from Old French charité "(Christian) charity, mercy, compassion; alms; charitable foundation" (12c., Old North French carité), from Latin caritatem (nominative caritas) "costliness, esteem, affection" (in Vulgate often used as translation of Greek agape "love" -- especially Christian love of fellow man -- perhaps to avoid the sexual suggestion of Latin amor), from carus "dear, valued," from PIE *karo-, from root *ka- "to like, desire" (see whore (n.)).
- Vulgate also sometimes translated agape by Latin dilectio, noun of action from diligere "to esteem highly, to love" (see diligence).
- Wyclif and the Rhemish version regularly rendered the Vulgate dilectio by 'love,' caritas by 'charity.' But the 16th c. Eng. versions from Tindale to 1611, while rendering agape sometimes 'love,' sometimes 'charity,' did not follow the dilectio and caritas of the Vulgate, but used 'love' more often (about 86 times), confining 'charity' to 26 passages in the Pauline and certain of the Catholic Epistles (not in I John), and the Apocalypse .... In the Revised Version 1881, 'love' has been substituted in all these instances, so that it now stands as the uniform rendering of agape. [OED]
- Sense of "charitable foundation or institution" in English attested by 1690s.
- noun generosity, gift
- noun kindness, compassion
- The rest of the estate went to the testator's widow for life, and then to charity.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Won't they dance, even for charity, except in their own houses?
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- He wished to do an act of charity as far as he could afford it.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- But the worst of all in this matter was that Angelique soon despaired of her charity.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- What could she invent, so to be before him in giving her charity?
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- The deed of the Charity did not absolutely specify “childless widows.”
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- He has divided his biography into three parts, entitled—‘Faith, Hope, Charity.’
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- There is something in these words which charity requires us to excuse.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Such an angel of charity to the poor, such a demon of obstinacy with the rich!
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
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