charitable
adjUK /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl/ · CA, US /ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl/
Etymology From Old French charitable.
1
Pertaining to charity.
2
Kind, generous.
- St. Martin [of Tours] looks round, first, deliberately;—becomes aware of a tatterdemalion and thirsty-looking soul of a beggar at his chair side, who has managed to get his cup filled somehow, also—by a charitable lacquey. St. Martin turns his back on the Empress, and hobnobs with him!1884, John Ruskin, “By the Rivers of Waters”, in “Our Fathers Have Told Us.”: Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls who have been Held at Its Fonts, part I (The Bible of Amiens), Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, pages 30–31:
- Pakistan can sometimes be a cruel environment, its residents caught between the dual pressures of poverty and violence. Yet it is also a place of great kindness, with a strong culture of charitable giving.2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian:
3
Having a purpose or character of a charity.
- Synonyms
- eleemosynary
- Derived terms
- charitableness, charitable organisation, charitable organization, charitable purpose, charitable trust, charitably, noncharitable, overcharitable, pseudocharitable, uncharitable
- Related terms
- principle of charity