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Noun
charity (countable and uncountable, plural charities)
- (countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:‘ […] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.
- (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
- (uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
- In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
- July 20, 1677, John Mitchell Mason, letter to a friend
- Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou witl judge others with the judgment of charity.
- (archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
- Synonym: agape
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 13:4-5:Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.
- (US, Philippines, basketball, informal) A free throw.
Translations
organization
- Afrikaans: welwillendheidsorganisasie
- Arabic: مُنَظَّمَة خَيْرِيَّة f (munaẓẓama(t) ḵayriyya)
- Bashkir: хәйриә (xəyriə)
- Bulgarian: благотвори́телна организа́ция f (blagotvorítelna organizácija)
- Catalan: organització caritativa f, organització benèfica f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 慈善機構/慈善机构 (zh) (císhàn jīgòu)
- Czech: charita (cs) f, charitativní organizace f
- Dutch: liefdadigheidsinstelling (nl) f, goed doel n
- Esperanto: karitata organizaĵo
- Finnish: hyväntekeväisyysjärjestö
- French: (please verify) organisme de charité m
- German: Wohltätigkeitsorganisation f, Charity (de) f
- Greek: φιλανθρωπικό ίδρυμα n (filanthropikó ídryma)
- Icelandic: góðgerðarstofnun f
- Irish: carthanacht f
- Italian: ente di beneficenza m, organizzazione benefica f, onlus, ente benefico m, associazione benefica f
- Macedonian: добротво́рна организа́ција f (dobrotvórna organizácija)
- Polish: organizacja charytatywna f, instytucja charytatywna f
- Portuguese: instituição de caridade f
- Russian: благотвори́тельное о́бщество n (blagotvorítelʹnoje óbščestvo), благотвори́тельная организа́ция f (blagotvorítelʹnaja organizácija), (asylum) богаде́льня (ru) f (bogadélʹnja), благотвори́тельный фонд m (blagotvorítelʹnyj fond)
- Slovak: charita (sk) f
- Spanish: entidad benéfica f, organización benéfica f
- Swedish: välgörenhetsorganisation c
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benevolence to less fortunate
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Further reading
- "charity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 54.