Another word for charity | Synonyms for charity

Another word for charity

noun

Something given to a charity or cause:
alms, benefaction, beneficence, contribution, donation, gift, handout, offering, subscription. See give
Kindly, charitable interest in others:
altruism, beneficence, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, charitableness, goodwill, grace, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, philanthropy. See attitude, kind
Kind, forgiving, or compassionate treatment of or disposition toward others:
clemency, grace, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercifulness, mercy. See forgiveness
Forbearing or lenient treatment:
charitableness, forbearance, indulgence, lenience, leniency, lenity, tolerance, toleration. See accept

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You must have a genius for charity as well as for anything else.
This is a charity that hides a multitude of sins.
Objects of charity are not guests.
Dean spent much time clinging to the sideboards until his wife, with a heart full of charity and an arm about his waist, supported him in slow glides around the oval.
And St Augustine sums the whole matter up in the famous phrase: "Have charity, and do as thou wilt."

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