Results for charity

Definitions of charity:

part of speech: noun

In New Test., universal love: the disposition to think favorably of others, and do them good: almsgiving.

part of speech: noun

Kindness; love; that disposition of heart which inclines men to think well of others, and do them good; liberality to the poor; candour; an institution for the poor.

part of speech: noun

The disposition to think well of others; alms; universal love and good will; an institution for the poor.

Usage examples for charity:

• " Your charity goes too far," he cried. "The Captain of the Kansas", Louis Tracy

• As if we were asking their charity "The Shadow of the Cathedral", Vicente Blasco Ibañez

• And when you die you might get a respectable lawyer to make out a will, leaving your treasure to some charity for the benefit of Indians, giving, of course, instructions where the treasure is to be found. "The Treasure of the Incas", G. A. Henty

• " By St. Charity master, I will give you good warning. "Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race", Maud Isabel Ebbutt