Charity (Noun)
Meaning 1
Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Synonyms
- Jacob's Ladder
- Polymonium Caeruleum Van-bruntiae
- Polemonium Caeruleum
- Polemonium Van-bruntiae
- Greek Valerian
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Meaning 2
An institution set up to provide help to the needy.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 3
A kindly and lenient attitude toward people.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 4
An activity or gift that benefits the public at large.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
A foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals).
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The foundation was established to benefit the public at large, not to benefit any single individual or entity, thereby meeting the definition of a charity.
- As part of its mission to serve as a charity, the organization worked tirelessly to address various social and economic issues that plagued the community.
- Many consider university scholarships to be acts of charity because they support education without expectation of payment.
- It is now well recognized that promoting access to art, particularly among low-income youth, serves as a valuable form of charity in our modern world.
- Although tax authorities sometimes consider support for advocacy efforts as being acts of charity under the right circumstances, in most places advocacy remains subject to unique legal constraints that bar recognition of the charitable tax exemption status of groups advocating policy reform