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discharity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Lack of charity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1839, Henry Brougham, Letter to the Duke of Bedford in Letters and Speeches on Various Subjects, Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840, Volume 1, p. 79, Lawgivers of England! [...] Be well assured, that the contempt lavished for centuries upon the cabals of Constantinople [...] will be as a token of respect compared with the loud shout of universal scorn which all mankind in all ages will send up against you, if you stand still and suffer [...] the parent of all evil, all falsehood, all hypocrisy, all discharity, all self-seeking [...] to stalk about the fold and lay waste its inmates [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incharity, uncharitableness, uncharity

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From dis- + charity.