Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun charity

5 senses of charity

Sense 1
charity -- (a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals))
       => foundation -- (an institution supported by an endowment)

Sense 2
charity, brotherly love -- (a kindly and lenient attitude toward people)
       => benevolence -- (an inclination to do kind or charitable acts)
       => theological virtue, supernatural virtue -- (according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues)

Sense 3
charity -- (an activity or gift that benefits the public at large)
       => giving, gift -- (the act of giving)

Sense 4
Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, charity, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae -- (pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers)
       => polemonium -- (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)

Sense 5
charity -- (an institution set up to provide help to the needy)
       => institution, establishment -- (an organization founded and united for a specific purpose)