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charitable

[char-i-tuh-buhl]

adjective

  1. generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless people, or of animals.

    a charitable man giving much money to feed people experiencing food insecurity.

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  2. kindly or lenient in judging people, acts, etc..

    charitable in his opinions of others.

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  3. relating to or concerned with charity.

    a charitable institution.



charitable

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adjective

  1. generous in giving to the needy

  2. kind or lenient in one's attitude towards others

  3. concerned with or involving charity

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • charitableness noun
  • charitably adverb
  • noncharitable adjective
  • noncharitableness noun
  • noncharitably adverb
  • overcharitable adjective
  • overcharitableness noun
  • overcharitably adverb
  • pseudocharitable adjective
  • pseudocharitably adverb
  • quasi-charitable adjective
  • quasi-charitably adverb
  • ˈ³¦³ó²¹°ł¾±³Ł²¹²ś±ō²ā adverb
  • ˈ³¦³ó²¹°ł¾±³Ł²¹²ś±ō±š²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of charitable1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old French, equivalent to charit(e) charity + -able -able
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He said: "The lower parts of society, the people that have fallen off the edge due to the cost of living crisis ... charitable organisations are not being able to cope."

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The government removed that tax relief in April, but dropped earlier plans to scrap private schools' charitable status entirely.

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Qualified charitable distributions from IRAs can start as early as age 70½.

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However, critics of his foundation say Gates uses its charitable status to avoid tax and that it has undue influence over the global health system.

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Over on Instagram, comments about the limited run of 5,000 bars of soap, on sale next week, seemed more charitable.

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