charitable

charitable
    adj 1: relating to or characterized by charity; "a charitable
           foundation"
    2: full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a
       charitable trust" [ant: {uncharitable}]
    3: showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and
       generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others";
       "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a
       large-hearted mentor" [syn: {charitable}, {benevolent},
       {kindly}, {sympathetic}, {good-hearted}, {openhearted},
       {large-hearted}]
    

Charitable \Char"i*ta*ble\, a. [F. See {Charity}.]
   1. Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.
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            Be thy intents wicked or charitable, . . .
            . . . I will speak to thee.           --Shak.
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   2. Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best
      side, and to avoid harsh judgment.
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   3. Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely;
      generous; beneficent.
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            What charitable men afford to beggars. --Shak.
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   4. Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended
      for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a
      charitable institution.
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   5. Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.
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            By a charitable construction it may be a sermon.
                                                  --L. Andrews.

   Syn: Kind; beneficent; benevolent; generous; lenient;
        forgiving; helpful; liberal; favorable; indulgent.
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87 Moby Thesaurus words for "charitable":
      accommodating, almsgiving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent,
      benign, bighearted, bleeding, bountiful, clement, commiserative,
      compassionate, complimentary, condolent, considerate, costless,
      easy, eleemosynary, expenseless, for free, for love, for nothing,
      forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, free, free as air,
      free for nothing, free gratis, free of charge, free of cost,
      freebie, freehearted, generous, gentle, giftlike, given, good,
      gratis, gratuitous, greathearted, helpful, human, humane,
      humanitarian, indulgent, kind, kindhearted, kindly, largehearted,
      lenient, liberal, long-suffering, magnanimous, melting, merciful,
      munificent, obliging, on the house, open-handed, patient,
      philanthropic, pitying, public-spirited, ruthful, soft,
      softhearted, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted,
      thoughtful, tolerant, tolerating, unbought, understanding,
      unpaid-for, unselfish, unsparing, untaxed, warmhearted, welfare,
      welfare statist, welfarist, well-disposed, well-meaning,
      without charge