charitable

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English

Etymology

From Old French charitable.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

charitable (comparative more charitable, superlative most charitable)

  1. Pertaining to charity.
  2. Kind, generous.
    • 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:
      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!
    • 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian‎:
      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.
  3. Having a purpose or character of a charity.

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French

Etymology

From Old French charitable, from charité.

Pronunciation

Adjective

charitable (plural charitables)

  1. charitable (all senses)

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