1. A foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals) 
2. A kindly and lenient attitude toward people
   - brotherly love 
3. An activity or gift that benefits the public at large 
4. Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
   - Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae 
5. An institution set up to provide help to the needy

Derived forms: charities

See also: charitable

Type of: benevolence, establishment, foundation, gift, giving, institution, polemonium, supernatural virtue, theological virtue

Encyclopedia: Charity, Freedom, and Diversity Charity, Congregation of the Brothers of Charity Charity, Freedom and Diversity party Charity, Theological Virtue of Charity, Sisters of, of the Blessed Virgin Mary Charity, Guyana

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