"almsgiving" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: almsgivings [plural]
Etymology: From alms + giving. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|alms|giving}} alms + giving Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} almsgiving (countable and uncountable, plural almsgivings)
  1. The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of voluntarily giving alms): খয়রাত (khoẏorat) (Bengali), 救濟 (Chinese Mandarin), 救济 (jiùjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 施捨 (Chinese Mandarin), 施舍 (shīshě) (Chinese Mandarin), almozdonado (Esperanto), almujen antaminen (Finnish), esmola [feminine] (Galician), almono (Ido), almsóireacht [feminine] (Irish), ទាន (tiən) (Khmer), ທານ (thān) (Lao), esmola [feminine] (Portuguese), ทาน (taan) (Thai)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "the act of voluntarily giving alms",
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