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charity
English
Etymology
From Middle English charite, from Old French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin c?rit?s.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?æ??ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t????ti/
Noun
charity (countable and uncountable, plural charities)
- (countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
- (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
- (uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
- In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
- July 20, 1677, John Mitchell Mason, letter to a friend
- Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou witl judge others with the judgment of charity.
- July 20, 1677, John Mitchell Mason, letter to a friend
- (archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
- Synonym: agape
- Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.
Synonyms
- (organization): charitable organization
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- "charity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 54.
Anagrams
- chytrai
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reprieve
English
Alternative forms
- repryve (obsolete), reprive (rare)
Etymology
1571, in sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), probably from Middle French repris, form of reprendre (“take back”); cognate to reprise. Sense generalized, but retains connotations of punishment and execution. Noun attested 1598. Compare to Latin privare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p?i?v/
- Hyphenation: re?prieve
Verb
reprieve (third-person singular simple present reprieves, present participle reprieving, simple past and past participle reprieved)
- (transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
- (transitive) To bring relief to someone.
- Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
- (transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
Derived terms
- reprieval
Related terms
- reprise
- reprisal
- reprehend
Noun
reprieve (plural reprieves)
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
Translations
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