charity
noun
[ ˈtʃarɪti ]
• an organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.
• "the charity provides practical help for homeless people"
Similar:
non-profit-making organization,
non-profit organization,
not-for-profit organization,
voluntary organization,
charitable institution,
fund,
trust,
foundation,
cause,
movement,
• the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need.
• "the care of the poor must not be left to private charity"
Similar:
financial assistance,
aid,
welfare,
relief,
financial relief,
funding,
handouts,
gifts,
presents,
largesse,
donations,
contributions,
grants,
endowments,
scholarships,
bursaries,
subsidies,
patronage,
alms,
almsgiving,
donatives,
benefactions,
philanthropy,
humanitarianism,
humanity,
altruism,
public-spiritedness,
social conscience,
social concern,
benevolence,
benignity,
beneficence,
generosity,
magnanimity,
munificence,
unselfishness,
selflessness,
self-sacrifice,
self-denial,
• kindness and tolerance in judging others.
• "she found it hard to look on her mother with much charity"
Similar:
goodwill,
compassion,
consideration,
concern,
kindness,
kindliness,
kind-heartedness,
tenderness,
tender-heartedness,
warm-heartedness,
brotherly love,
love,
sympathy,
understanding,
fellow feeling,
thoughtfulness,
indulgence,
tolerance,
liberality,
decency,
nobility,
graciousness,
lenience,
leniency,
bounty,
bounteousness,
caritas,
Origin:
late Old English (in the sense ‘Christian love of one's fellows’): from Old French charite, from Latin caritas, from carus ‘dear’.
