charitable

Pertaining to charity.

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to charity.
  2. Kind, generous.
    • St. Martin [of Tours] looks round, first, deliberately;—becomes aware of a tatterdemalion and thirsty-looking soul of a beggar at his chair side, who has managed to get his cup filled somehow, also—by a charitable...
    • Pakistan can sometimes be a cruel environment, its residents caught between the dual pressures of poverty and violence. Yet it is also a place of great kindness, with a strong culture of charitable giving. - 2017 April...
  3. Having a purpose or character of a charity.

Origin

From Old French charitable.

Forms

more charitable most charitable

Synonyms

eleemosynary

Related

principle of charity

Derived

charitableness charitable organisation charitable organization charitable purpose charitable trust charitably noncharitable overcharitable pseudocharitable uncharitable