charitableadjective
uk/ˈtʃær.ə.tə.bəl/us/ˈtʃer.ə.t̬ə.bəl/charitable adjective (GIVING)
[ before noun ] giving money, food, or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor, or have no home:
a charitable foundation/organization/trust
The entire organization is funded by charitable donations.
The school has charitable status (= it is officially a charity).
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Generous & charitable
- altruistic
- beneficent
- big-hearted
- bountiful
- free
- generosity
- handout
- humane
- humanitarian
- humanity
- Lady Bountiful
- lavish
- munificent
- open-handed
- philanthropic
- philanthropist
- public-spirited
- sweet
- unstinting
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charitable adjective (KIND)
kind, and not judging other people in a severe way:
Some critics said the show was good in parts - those less charitable said the whole thing was a disaster.
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Lenient & merciful
- charitably
- charity
- clemency
- ease
- ease up/off
- easy
- go easy idiom
- have a heart! idiom
- heart
- lenient
- magnanimous
- merciful
- mercy
- quarter