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Another word for charitable

Adjective

  1. Of or concerned with charity

    2. See also:

    kind

    give

  2. Not strict or severe

    3. See also:

    accept

  3. Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering

    4. See also:

    kind

    attitude

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Another word for charitable

Modifier
    2. See also:

    philanthropic

    philanthropic

    kind

    humane

    generous

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Sentence Examples

  • The city has a highly developed system of charitable and corrective institutions.

  • My dear Helene, be charitable to my poor aunt who adores you.

  • Charitable institutions take, as a rule, the two forms of outdoor and indoor relief and attendance.

  • with population, was beyond the powers of these societies, the churches and the various charitable institutions.

  • Towards the close of his life he confined his ministry to charitable institutions, hospitals and prisons, where his sympathetic discourses and conciliatory manners were always effective.

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