"charitable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-charitable.ogg Forms: more charitable [comparative], most charitable [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French charitable. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|charitable}} Old French charitable Head templates: {{en-adj}} charitable (comparative more charitable, superlative most charitable)
  1. Pertaining to charity. Translations (pertaining to charity): բարեգործական (baregorcakan) (Armenian), благотворителен (blagotvoritelen) (Bulgarian), caritatiu (Catalan), dobročinný (Czech), hyväntekeväisyys- (Finnish), caritatif (French), mildtätig (German), Wohltätigkeits- (German), पूर्त (pūrt) (Hindi), jótékonysági (Hungarian), caritatevole (Italian), solidale (Italian), добротворен (dobrotvoren) (Macedonian), милосрден (milosrden) (Macedonian), خیریه (xeyriye) (Persian), charytatyny (Polish), благотвори́тельный (blagotvorítelʹnyj) (Russian), välgörenhets- (Swedish), välgörande (Swedish)
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  2. Kind, generous. Translations (kind, generous): щедър (štedǎr) (Bulgarian), caritatiu (Catalan), weldadig (Dutch), hyväntahtoinen (Finnish), caritativo (Galician), wohltätig (German), großzügig (German), carthanach (Irish), Críostúil (Irish), déirceach (Irish), grádiaúil (Irish), generoso (Italian), sadikero (Ladino), miłosierny (Polish), dobry (Polish), caritativo (Portuguese), милосе́рдный (milosérdnyj) (Russian), ще́дрый (ščédryj) (Russian), caritativo (Spanish), வள்ளல் (vaḷḷal) (Tamil), yardımsever (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-charitable-en-adj-mMvMXNJi Disambiguation of 'kind, generous': 0 100 0
  3. Having a purpose or character of a charity. Translations (having a purpose or character of a charity): բարեգործական (baregorcakan) (Armenian), dobročinný (Czech), mildtätig (German), benefico (Italian), charytatywny (Polish), dobroczynny (Polish), благотвори́тельный (blagotvorítelʹnyj) (Russian), benéfico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-charitable-en-adj-6NLAPZk- Disambiguation of 'having a purpose or character of a charity': 12 0 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eleemosynary Derived forms: charitableness, charitable organisation, charitable organization, charitable purpose, charitable trust, charitably, noncharitable, overcharitable, pseudocharitable, uncharitable Related terms: principle of charity
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          "text": "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!",
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    },
    {
      "word": "charitable purpose"
    },
    {
      "word": "charitable trust"
    },
    {
      "word": "charitably"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncharitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "overcharitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "pseudocharitable"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncharitable"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "charitable"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French charitable",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French charitable.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more charitable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most charitable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "charitable (comparative more charitable, superlative most charitable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "principle of charity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to charity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "charity",
          "charity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Kind, generous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "generous",
          "generous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having a purpose or character of a charity."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eleemosynary"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "baregorcakan",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "բարեգործական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blagotvoritelen",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "благотворителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "caritatiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "dobročinný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "hyväntekeväisyys-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "caritatif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "mildtätig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "Wohltätigkeits-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pūrt",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "पूर्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "jótékonysági"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "caritatevole"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "solidale"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dobrotvoren",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "добротворен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "milosrden",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "милосрден"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xeyriye",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "خیریه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "charytatyny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagotvorítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "благотвори́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "välgörenhets-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to charity",
      "word": "välgörande"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "štedǎr",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "щедър"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "caritatiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "weldadig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "hyväntahtoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "caritativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "wohltätig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "großzügig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "carthanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "Críostúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "déirceach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "grádiaúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "generoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "sadikero"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "miłosierny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "dobry"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "caritativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "milosérdnyj",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "милосе́рдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščédryj",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "ще́дрый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "caritativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vaḷḷal",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "வள்ளல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "kind, generous",
      "word": "yardımsever"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "baregorcakan",
      "sense": "having a purpose or character of a charity",
      "word": "բարեգործական"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a purpose or character of a charity",
      "word": "dobročinný"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a purpose or character of a charity",
      "word": "mildtätig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a purpose or character of a charity",
      "word": "benefico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having a purpose or character of a charity",
      "word": "charytatywny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having a purpose or character of a charity",
      "word": "dobroczynny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagotvorítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "having a purpose or character of a charity",
      "word": "благотвори́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a purpose or character of a charity",
      "word": "benéfico"
    }
  ],
  "word": "charitable"
}

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