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discharity

discharity noun: lack of charity.

Noun

discharity (uncountable)

  1. Lack of charity.
    • Lawgivers of England! […] Be well assured, that the contempt lavished for centuries upon the cabals of Constantinople […] will be as a token of respect compared with the loud shout of universal scorn which all mankind in all ages will send up against you, if you stand still and suffer […] the...1839, Henry Brougham, Letter to the Duke of Bedford in Letters and Speeches on Various Subjects, Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840, Volume 1, p. 79
    • For sheer discharity I’d never known anyone like Donna. I had thought her elegant and sophisticated. Now, I saw cankerous malice in a destroyer.2008, Jonathan Gash, chapter 15, in Faces in the Pool, New York: Minotaur, published 2009, page 122

Synonyms of discharity

Origin of discharity

From dis- + charity.

Questions about discharity

What does discharity mean?
Discharity means lack of charity.
What part of speech is discharity?
Discharity is a noun.

Words near discharity in the dictionary

  1. discharges
  2. dischargest
  3. dischargeth
  4. discharging
  5. dischargings
  6. discharity
  7. discharm
  8. discharmed
  9. discharming
  10. discharms
  11. Discher

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