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charitable

UK/ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl//ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl/

charitable adjective: pertaining to charity.

Adjective

charitable (comparative more charitable, superlative most charitable)

  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 lacquey. St. Martin turns his back on the Empress, and hobnobs with him!1884, John Ruskin, “By the Rivers of Waters”, in “Our Fathers Have Told Us.”: Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls who have been Held at Its Fonts, part I (The Bible of Amiens)...
    • 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 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian
  3. Having a purpose or character of a charity.

charitable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

charitable in Hindi

pertaining to charity
पूर्त pūrt

charitable in Tamil

kind, generous
வள்ளல் vaḷḷal

charitable in Marathi

charitable, generous
दायक dāyak

charitable in Urdu

charitable
دیاوان dayāvān
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charitable in Bengali
দাতব্য, দানশীল, দয়াশীল, কৃপালু
charitable in Telugu
ధర్మాత్ముడు dharmātmuḍu
charitable in Malayalam
പരോപകാരപരമായ, ധർമ്മപരമായ, പരോപകാരതൽപ്പരനായ, ഉദാരമായ
charitable in Kannada
ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ dharmārtha
charitable in Punjabi
ਦਾਨੀ dānī
charitable in Gujarati
સખાવતી
charitable in Persian
خیریه xeyriye

Examples of charitable in a sentence

  • I find that for me, my sponsorship of a child via a charitable NGO provides a sense of great satisfaction.
  • He meanly refused to ever make a charitable donation.
  • Her interest in his welfare was ostensibly charitable and magnanimous, but people began wondering who was going to inherit his assets when he died.

All 23 example sentences with charitable

Synonyms of charitable

Forms of charitable

comparativemore charitable
superlativemost charitable

Origin of charitable

From Old French charitable.

Words formed from charitable

Phrases with charitable

Questions about charitable

What does charitable mean?
Charitable means pertaining to charity.
What is charitable in Hindi?
Charitable in Hindi is पूर्त (pūrt). See Charitable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is charitable?
Charitable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce charitable?
Charitable is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl/ (UK).

Words near charitable in the dictionary

  1. charisms
  2. Charissa
  3. charisticaries
  4. charisticary
  5. charitability
  6. charitable
  7. charitable organisation
  8. charitable organization
  9. charitable organizations
  10. charitable trust
  11. charitable trusts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: charitable (page history and authors); दायक (Marathi) (page history and authors); دیاوان (Urdu) (page history and authors); charitable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ధర్మాత్ముడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); charitable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਦਾਨੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); charitable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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