charitablenessn.
The quality of being charitable.
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alms-deedc1175
charityc1175
alms-gifta1325
almsgivinga1438
charitableness1447
erogation1531
almonage1667
benefaction1674
tzedakah1959
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 24 [St. Margaret] Fully replenyshed with cherytabylnesse.
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 233 Let therefore Love abound among us; and..overflow, even to our Enemies, in Charitablenesse.
1687 in London Gaz. No. 2246/2 Loyalty toward so Gracious a Prince, and Charitableness one to another.
1773 J. Allen Assoc. against Established Church Indefensible 7 No purity, no forbearance, no charitableness.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. (1860) ii. 45 Notwithstanding her charitableness to the poor maid-servant.
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