Definition of charity

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Charity (n.) Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.

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Expend :: Expend (v. t.) To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations..
Beg :: Beg (v. t.) To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house..
Charity :: Charity (n.) Love; universal benevolence; good will.
Uncharity :: Uncharity (n.) Uncharitableness.
Alms :: Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity..
Benevolence :: Benevolence (n.) An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
Charitable :: Charitable (a.) Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution..
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc..
Uncharitable :: Uncharitable (a.) Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious; as, uncharitable opinions or zeal..
Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for..
Charity :: Charity (n.) Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity..
Morality :: Morality (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII..
Beneficence :: Beneficence (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness..
Shining :: Shining (a.) Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity..
Charity :: Charity (n.) Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
Self-charity :: Self-charity (n.) Self-love.
Beneficent :: Beneficent (a.) Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
Incharity :: Incharity (n.) Want of charity.
Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor..
Perficient :: Perficient (n.) One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity..
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