charitable.

1. Willing to help people in need, especially through gifts or organized assistance.

2. Inclined to interpret others' actions favorably rather than harshly.

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Words that belong together

• charitable donation
• charitable organization

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A charitable donation kept the shelter open.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more charitable; superlative most charitable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.