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charity

noun
/ˈtʃæɹɪti/UK/ˈt͡ʃɛɹəti/CA/ˈt͡ʃæɹəti/US

Etymology

From charity in the Biblical sense of Christian love; first used by Puritans. In early Christian tradition, Faith, Hope and Charity were the martyred daughters of Saint Sophia. The names, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:13 ("And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity") have been translated and used in many languages. The name of the sura (chapter) is one of several translations of the original Arabic.

  1. derived from cāritās
  2. derived from charité
  3. inherited from charite

Definitions

  1. An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.

    • The event raised money for local charities.
    • He donated half his earnings to charity.

  2. The goods or money given to those in need.

  3. Benevolence to the less fortunate

    Benevolence to the less fortunate; the providing of goods or money to those in need.

    • act of charity
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially…

      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.
      • You go fuck yourself. You think I'm in this for charity?

    2. Christian love

      Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.

      • 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.

    3. A free throw.

    4. A female given name from English.

      • By Gis and by Saint Charity, / Alack, and fie for shame!
      • Tessa giggled. 'What a dreadful name! Is she really called Charity?' 'Yes. She really is.' Mark recalled how glorious the name of Charity had sounded to him in the beginning. 'It's not her fault she's called Charity,' he added defensively.

    5. The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

The neighborhood

Derived

anticharity, charidee, charitarian, charity begins at home, charity box, charity boy, charity case, charity girl, charity label, charityless, charity mugger, charity shop, charity stamp, charity stripe, charityware, chug, chugger, cold as charity, discharity, incharity, kiss of charity, metacharity, principle of charity, Roman charity, sharity, uncharity

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at charity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at charity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at charity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA