Antonyms for caritas


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kah-ri-tahs; English kar-i-tas
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑ rɪˌtɑs; English ˈkær ɪˌtæs


Definition of caritas

Origin :
  • Latin, literally "charity" (see charity).
  • As in charity : noun kindness, compassion
  • As in lenience : noun grace
  • As in lenity : noun grace
  • As in mercifulness : noun grace
  • As in clemency : noun forgiveness
  • As in grace : noun mercy, forgiveness
Example sentences :
  • Loving-kindness (caritas, ) was not as yet ranked as a virtue.
  • Extract from : « The Basis of Morality » by Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Caritas is set not in the appetitus sensitivus, but in the will.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • Only the fides which is formed and completed in caritas is a virtue (Art. 5).
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • Love (caritas—charity) is identified with justice; and the will, the goodwill, is love.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 » by Various
  • For the sake of thy charity, which is the head and the top of all the testaments, ut dicitur, caritas super exaltat omnia.
  • Extract from : « The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, October, 1864 » by Society of Clergymen
  • Caritas, or charity, strikes another note—high price, and thus dearness.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 » by Various
  • But this rational love (amor) and charity (caritas), the theologic virtue, may meet.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 » by Various
  • Caritas is one of the theological virtues, and as such Thomas treats it.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • The custodian shows a cell which he points out as the scene of the "Caritas Romana."
  • Extract from : « Rambles in Rome » by S. Russell Forbes
  • Four names are applied to what pertains to the same: amor, dilectio, caritas, et amicitia.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

Synonyms for caritas

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