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Meaning of charity

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  charity
      n 1: a foundation created to promote the public good (not for
           assistance to any particular individuals)
      2: a kindly and lenient attitude toward people [syn: {charity},
         {brotherly love}]
      3: an activity or gift that benefits the public at large
      4: pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white
         flowers [syn: {Jacob's ladder}, {Greek valerian}, {charity},
         {Polemonium caeruleum}, {Polemonium van-bruntiae},
         {Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae}]
      5: an institution set up to provide help to the needy

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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