HOW TO PRONOUNCE
charitable
/ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl/
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What does charitable mean?
adjective
- Pertaining to charity.
- Kind, generous.
- Having a purpose or character of a charity.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl/
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She was a gay little Manon, unwitting of society’s fierce conception of morality, but, nevertheless, good to her neighbour and charitable.
Master Thomas was one of the many pious slaveholders who hold slaves for the very charitable purpose of taking care of them.
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As a speaker at charitable meetings the like of him for drawing your tears and your money was not easy to find.
The delightful family party which Emma was securing for herself, poor Harriet must, in mere charitable caution, be kept at a distance from.
And note that such conduct on their part would have been not only charitable and fraternal, but in accord with the sternest justice.