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[ adjective ] relating to or characterized by charity

Examples

"a charitable foundation"

Used in print

(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

It argued , inter_alia , that a divestiture order would severely depress the market_value of the stock of both General_Motors and du_Pont , with consequent serious loss and hardship to hundreds of thousands of innocent investors , among them thousands of small trusts and charitable institutions ; that there would be a similar decline in the market_values of other automotive and chemical stocks , with similar losses to the stockholders of those companies ; that the tremendous volume of General_Motors stock hanging over the market for ten years would hamper the efforts of General_Motors and other automobile manufacturers to raise equity capital ; and that all this would have a serious adverse effect on the entire stock_market and on general business_activity .

(Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)

`` Sometimes we 'd have trouble persuading her to make tax-exempt charitable contributions , and I 've known her to quarrel with a plumber over a bill for fixing a faucet ; the next moment she 'd put another half million into the scholarship fund or thirty_thousand into something as impractical as this unfortunate Johnston affair .

Related terms

charity

2
[ adjective ] full of love and generosity

Examples

"charitable to the poor" "a charitable trust"

Used in print

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

Resolved that his wrongs and bereavements in Kansas , occasioned by the violence and brutality of those who were intent_on the propagation of slavery in that territory , call_for a charitable judgment upon his recent efforts in Virginia to undermine the despotism from which he had suffered , and commend his family to the special sympathy and aid of all who pity suffering and reverence justice .

3
[ adjective ] showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

Examples

"was charitable in his opinions of others" "kindly criticism" "a kindly act" "sympathetic words" "a large-hearted mentor"

Related terms

kind

4
[ adjective ] showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding

Synonyms

sympathetic kindly

Examples

"was charitable in his opinions of others" "kindly criticism" "a kindly act" "sympathetic words"

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kind

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