Love; universal benevolence; good will.

Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.

Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.

Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.

Love and compassion; the pure love of Christ.

To give assistance to the needy, poor or otherwise down hardened.

A charity is an organisation set up to help needy causes.

The true uplifting of the poor and downtrodden. Nationalist purpose in its essence.

an institution set up to provide help to the needy

By derivation "love of oneâ€(tm)s fellow men" (same as the Greek "philanthropy"), this term was originally applied to voluntary giving to those in need alongside the application of "poor law" by governments, local authorities and the church. By extension, "charity" has come to refer generally to "charitable trusts", i.e. any organisation established legally as a non-profit entity to provide some form of public benefit. Within Europe this covers the legal status of most cultural organisations in the independent sector, although governments often tend (e.g. in Lottery contexts) to retain a more traditional view of "charity" as being mainly about social welfare and community health.

An organisation set up to do good for the community, such as help poor people, educate people and protect animals. Most charities are registered with the Charity Commission.

or almsgiving, the first Paramitas. There are three kinds of charity in terms of goods, doctrines ( Dharma) and courage (fearlessness). Out of the three, the merits and virtues of doctrines charity is the most surpassing. Charity done for no reward here and hereafter is called pure or unsullied, while the sullied charity is done for the purpose of personal benefits. In Buddhism, the merits and virtues of pure charity is the best.

Charity is a purely functional experimental programming language, developed at Calgary. Based on ideas by Hagino it is completely grounded in category theory.