charity

charity
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Kindness]
Syn. benevolence, magnanimity, compassion; see kindness 1 , mercy 1 , tolerance 1 .
2. [An organization to aid the needy]
Syn. charitable institution, philanthropy, foundation, fund, welfare organization, eleemosynary corporation; see also foundation 3 .
Organized charities include: American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, American Foundation for AIDS Research, American Foundation for the Blind, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Red Cross, Arthritis Foundation, CARE, Catholic Charities, Community Chest, Easter Seal Society, Goodwill, Heart and Lung Foundation, Jewish Welfare Fund, Leukemia Society Inc., Lupus Foundation, March of Dimes, Medico, Multiple Sclerosis Research Foundation Corp., Muscular Dystrophy Association of America Inc., National Association of the Deaf, National Association for Retarded Children, National Mental Health Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, National Epilepsy League, National Foundation for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hemophilia Foundation, National Kidney Foundation Inc., National Paraplegia Foundation Inc., National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, National Tuberculosis Association, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Salvation Army, United Cerebral Palsy Association Inc., United Fund, United Health Foundation Inc., United Leukemia Fund Inc., United Negro College Fund, United Ostomy Association, United Parkinson Foundation, United Way.
3. [Money or help given to those in need]
Syn. donation, alms, welfare, handout*; see gift 1 .
See Synonym Study at mercy .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. generosity benevolence, philanthropy, freehandedness, humanitarianism, magnanimity, altruism, softheartedness.
2. alms contribution, welfare, donation, assistance, aid, benefaction, dole, endowment. ''The spice of riches.''—Hebrew proverb. ''A debt of honor.''—Immanuel Kant. Doing good for good-for-nothing people.''—Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
3. kindness forgiveness, tolerance, lenience, benevolence, sympathy, mercy, softheartedness, compassion.
ANT.: 1. cheapness, stinginess, miserliness. 3. meanness, cruelty, intolerance
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something given to a charity or cause: alms, benefaction, beneficence, contribution, donation, gift, handout, offering, subscription. See GIVE. 2. Kindly, charitable interest in others: altruism, beneficence, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, charitableness, goodwill, grace, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, philanthropy. See ATTITUDE, KIND. 3. Kind, forgiving, or compassionate treatment of or disposition toward others: clemency, grace, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercifulness, mercy. See FORGIVENESS. 4. Forbearing or lenient treatment: charitableness, forbearance, indulgence, lenience, leniency, lenity, tolerance, toleration. See ACCEPT.

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