What does "charitable" mean?
Charitable: Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment.
Additional senses
- 2.Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent. What charitable men afford to beggars. Shak.
- 3.Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; elemosynary; as, a charitable institution.
- 4.Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient. By a charitable construction it may be a sermon. L. Andrews.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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