name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
charity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃæɹɪti/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈt͡ʃɛɹəti/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈt͡ʃɛɹəɾi]
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Australian, General-American: /ˈt͡ʃæɹəti/
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Australian, General-American: [ˈt͡ʃæɹəɾi]
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CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 R IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- The event raised money for local charities.
- He donated half his earnings to charity.
- give to charity
- registered charity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The goods or money given to those in need, or the act of doing it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dole
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Benevolence to the less fortunate; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- act of charity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agape
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A free throw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, US, countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
an activity or gift that benefits the public at large
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: giving, gift
Narrower terms: handout, zakat
noun
Meaning 10
a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brotherly love
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: benevolence, theological virtue, supernatural virtue
noun
Meaning 11
an institution set up to provide help to the needy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: institution, establishment
Narrower terms: community chest, soup kitchen
noun
Meaning 12
a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: foundation
Narrower terms: philanthropic foundation, private foundation, public charity
noun
Meaning 13
pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: polemonium
History
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.
From Middle English charite, from Old French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin cāritās. * The Tyndale Bible uses native English love instead.
Across languages
Translations
179 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: সদকা (śodoka) — female given name meaning Christian love
- Finnish: Lempi — female given name meaning Christian love
- Galician: Caridade — female given name meaning Christian love
- Russian: Любовь (Ljubovʹ) — female given name meaning Christian love
- Spanish: Caridad — female given name meaning Christian love
- Arabic: سورة الماعون — 107th sura of the Qur'an
- Bengali: সূরা মাঊন (śura maun) — 107th sura of the Qur'an
- Uyghur: مائۇن (ma'un) — 107th sura of the Qur'an
- Afrikaans: welwillendheidsorganisasie — organization
- Arabic: مُنَظَّمَة خَيْرِيَّة — organization
- Bashkir: хәйриә (xəyriə) — organization
- Bulgarian: благотвори́телна организа́ция (blagotvorítelna organizácija) — organization
- Catalan: organització caritativa — organization
- Catalan: organització benèfica — organization
- Chinese Mandarin: 慈善機構 /慈善机构 (císhàn jīgòu) — organization
- Czech: charita — organization
- Czech: charitativní organizace — organization
- Dutch: liefdadigheidsinstelling — organization
- Dutch: goed doel — organization
- Esperanto: karitata organizaĵo — organization
- Finnish: hyväntekeväisyysjärjestö — organization
- Galician: organización benéfica — organization
- German: Wohltätigkeitsorganisation — organization
- German: Charity — organization
- Greek: φιλανθρωπικό ίδρυμα (filanthropikó ídryma) — organization
- Icelandic: góðgerðarstofnun — organization
- Irish: carthanacht — organization
- Italian: ente di beneficenza — organization
- Italian: organizzazione benefica — organization
- Italian: onlus — organization
- Italian: ente benefico — organization
- Italian: associazione benefica — organization
- Macedonian: добротво́рна организа́ција (dobrotvórna organizácija) — organization
- Polish: organizacja charytatywna — organization
- Polish: instytucja charytatywna — organization
- Portuguese: instituição de caridade — organization
- Russian: благотвори́тельное о́бщество (blagotvorítelʹnoje óbščestvo) — organization
- Russian: благотвори́тельная организа́ция (blagotvorítelʹnaja organizácija) — organization
- Russian: богаде́льня (asylum) — organization
- Russian: благотвори́тельный фонд (blagotvorítelʹnyj fond) — organization
- Slovak: charita — organization
- Spanish: entidad benéfica — organization
- Spanish: organización caritativa — organization
- Swedish: välgörenhetsorganisation — organization
- Vietnamese: từ thiện — organization
- Arabic: صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa) — goods or money given
- Bashkir: хәйер (xəyer) — goods or money given
- Bashkir: саҙаҡа (saźaqa) — goods or money given
- Bengali: সদকা (śodoka) — goods or money given
- Bulgarian: благотвори́телност (blagotvorítelnost) — goods or money given
- Dutch: liefdadigheid — goods or money given
- Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys — goods or money given
- French: charité — goods or money given
- Galician: caridade — goods or money given
- Galician: esmola — goods or money given
- German: Wohltätigkeitsspende — goods or money given
- German: Mildtätigkeitgabe — goods or money given
- German: Almosen — goods or money given
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌸𐌰 (armahairtiþa) — goods or money given
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍉 (armaiō) — goods or money given
- Greek: ελεημοσύνη (eleïmosýni) — goods or money given
- Hindi: दान (dān) — goods or money given
- Italian: carità — goods or money given
- Macedonian: добротво́рен при́лог (dobrotvóren prílog) — goods or money given
- Iranian Persian: خِیْرات (xeyrât) — goods or money given
- Iranian Persian: صَدَقِه (sadaġe) — goods or money given
- Polish: pomoc charytatywna — goods or money given
- Polish: dary — goods or money given
- Portuguese: caridade — goods or money given
- Russian: благотвори́тельность (blagotvorítelʹnostʹ) — goods or money given
- Russian: ми́лостыня (mílostynja) — goods or money given
- Serbo-Croatian: dobrodavanje — goods or money given
- Tagalog: kawanggawa — goods or money given
- Ukrainian: ми́лостиня (mýlostynja) — goods or money given
- Afrikaans: aalmoes — benevolence to less fortunate
- Albanian: bamirësi — benevolence to less fortunate
- Albanian: lëmoshë — benevolence to less fortunate
- Arabic: إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Armenian: բարեգործություն (baregorcutʻyun) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Belarusian: дабрачы́ннасць (dabračýnnascʹ) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Belarusian: дабрачы́ннасьць (dabračýnnasʹcʹ) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Bulgarian: благотвори́телност (blagotvorítelnost) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Catalan: caritat — benevolence to less fortunate
- Chinese Mandarin: 慈善 (císhàn) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Czech: dobročinnost — benevolence to less fortunate
- Danish: velgørenhed — benevolence to less fortunate
- Dutch: liefdadigheid — benevolence to less fortunate
- Esperanto: karitato — benevolence to less fortunate
- Estonian: heategevus — benevolence to less fortunate
- Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys — benevolence to less fortunate
- French: charité — benevolence to less fortunate
- Galician: caridade — benevolence to less fortunate
- Georgian: ქველმოქმედება (kvelmokmedeba) — benevolence to less fortunate
- German: Wohltätigkeit — benevolence to less fortunate
- German: Mildtätigkeit — benevolence to less fortunate
- German: Mildherzigkeit — benevolence to less fortunate
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌸𐌰 (armahairtiþa) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍉 (armaiō) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Greek: αγαθοεργία (agathoergía) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Hebrew: צְדָקָה (ts'daká) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Hindi: दान (dān) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Hindi: ख़ैरात (xairāt) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Hungarian: jótékonyság — benevolence to less fortunate
- Icelandic: góðgerðarstarfsemi — benevolence to less fortunate
- Indonesian: amal — benevolence to less fortunate
- Italian: carità — benevolence to less fortunate
- Italian: beneficenza — benevolence to less fortunate
- Japanese: 慈善 (jizen) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Kazakh: қайырымдылық (qaiyrymdylyq) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Korean: 자선 (jaseon) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Latin: stips — benevolence to less fortunate
- Latvian: labdarība — benevolence to less fortunate
- Lithuanian: labdarybė — benevolence to less fortunate
- Lithuanian: labdara — benevolence to less fortunate
- Macedonian: добротво́рност (dobrotvórnost) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Māori: koha aroha — benevolence to less fortunate
- Norwegian Bokmål: veldedighet — benevolence to less fortunate
- Norwegian Nynorsk: velgjerd — benevolence to less fortunate
- Occitan: caritat — benevolence to less fortunate
- Polish: działalność charytatywna — benevolence to less fortunate
- Portuguese: caridade — benevolence to less fortunate
- Portuguese: doação — benevolence to less fortunate
- Romanian: caritate — benevolence to less fortunate
- Russian: благотвори́тельность (blagotvorítelʹnostʹ) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Serbo-Croatian: dobrodavstvo — benevolence to less fortunate
- Serbo-Croatian: dobrodavanje — benevolence to less fortunate
- Slovak: dobročinnosť — benevolence to less fortunate
- Slovene: dobrodelnost — benevolence to less fortunate
- Spanish: caridad — benevolence to less fortunate
- Swedish: välgörenhet — benevolence to less fortunate
- Ukrainian: благочи́нність (blahočýnnistʹ) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Urdu: خَیرات (xairāt) — benevolence to less fortunate
- Vietnamese: từ thiện — benevolence to less fortunate
- Vietnamese: thiện nguyện — benevolence to less fortunate
- Bulgarian: милосъ́рдие (milosǎ́rdie) — attitude
- Catalan: caritat — attitude
- Dutch: naastenliefde — attitude
- Esperanto: kariteco — attitude
- Esperanto: homamo — attitude
- Finnish: armeliaisuus — attitude
- French: charité — attitude
- Galician: caridade — attitude
- German: Nächstenliebe — attitude
- German: Mildherzigkeit — attitude
- Greek: καλοσύνη (kalosýni) — attitude
- Greek: φιλανθρωπία (filanthropía) — attitude
- Italian: altruismo — attitude
- Japanese: 慈善 (jizen) — attitude
- Latin: caritas — attitude
- Macedonian: милоср́дие (milosŕdie) — attitude
- Portuguese: caridade — attitude
- Russian: милосе́рдие (milosérdije) — attitude
- Spanish: caridad — attitude
- Spanish: amor al prójimo — attitude
- Bulgarian: милосъ́рдие (milosǎ́rdie) — Christian love
- Burmese: မေတ္တာ (metta) — Christian love
- Burmese: အချစ် (a.hkyac) — Christian love
- Catalan: caritat — Christian love
- Chinese Mandarin: 慈善 (císhàn) — Christian love
- Dutch: naastenliefde — Christian love
- Esperanto: kariteco — Christian love
- Finnish: rakkaus — Christian love
- French: charité — Christian love
- Galician: caridade — Christian love
- German: Nächstenliebe — Christian love
- Greek: καλοσύνη (kalosýni) — Christian love
- Greek: φιλανθρωπία (filanthropía) — Christian love
- Italian: carità — Christian love
- Italian: amore — Christian love
- Japanese: 慈善 (jizen) — Christian love
- Macedonian: милоср́дие (milosŕdie) — Christian love
- Māori: aroha — Christian love
- Portuguese: caridade — Christian love
- Russian: милосе́рдие (milosérdije) — Christian love
- Spanish: caridad — Christian love
- Spanish: amor al prójimo — Christian love
- Swedish: människokärlek — Christian love
- Tagalog: kawanggawa — Christian love
- Ukrainian: любо́в до бли́жнього (ljubóv do blýžnʹoho) — Christian love
Real reading context