Meanings
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1
noun
An organization that helps people in need.
She gives money to a children's charity every month.
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2
noun
The act of giving money or help to those in need.
They collected food and clothes for charity.
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3
noun
A kind and understanding attitude towards other people.
He judged their mistakes with charity.
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Etymology
From charity in the Biblical sense of Christian love; first used by Puritans. In early Christian tradition, Faith, Hope and Charity were the martyred daughters of Saint Sophia. The names, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:13 ("And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity") have been translated and used in many languages. The name of the sura (chapter) is one of several translations of the original Arabic.