(n.) Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.
(n.) Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
(n.) Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
(n.) A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
(n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
Example Sentences:
(1) The court hearing – in a case of the kind likely to be heard in secret if the government's justice and security bill is passed – was requested by the law firm Leigh Day and the legal charity Reprieve, acting for Serdar Mohammed, tortured by the Afghan security services after being transferred to their custody by UK forces.
(2) As both a high-impact charity and a successful business, perhaps Mr Osborne believes we are divided against ourselves?
(3) Now, a small Scottish charity, Edinburgh Direct Aid – moved by their plight and aware that the language of Lebanese education is French and English and that Syria is Arabic – is delivering textbooks in Arabic to the school and have offered to fund timeshare projects across the country.
(4) Housing charity Shelter puts the shortage of affordable housing in England at between 40,000 and 60,000 homes a year.
(5) "It looks as if the noxious mix of rightwing Australian populism, as represented by Crosby and his lobbying firm, and English saloon bar reactionaries, as embodied by [Nigel] Farage and Ukip, may succeed in preventing this government from proceeding with standardised cigarette packs, despite their popularity with the public," said Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the health charity Action on Smoking and Health.
(6) May is due to announce that Dennis Stevenson, a former HBOS chairman and a mental health campaigner, will lead a review alongside Paul Farmer, the chief executive of the mental health charity Mind.
(7) Even Paul Bright had to get a private charity to fund half his work.
(8) The two flight attendants feature in February and March in the annual Ryanair charity calendar.
(9) This is a moral swamp, but it's one the Salvation Army claims to be stepping into out of charity .
(10) The work was published as a charity calendar the following year.
(11) As well as stocking second-hand items for purchase, charity shops such as Oxfam have launched Christmas gifts to provide specific help for poor communities abroad.
(12) It acts as a one-stop shop bringing together credit unions and other organisations, such as Five Lamps , a charity providing loans, and white-goods providers willing to sell products with low-interest repayments.
(13) Tim Potter, managing director of support charity the Fragile X Society , adds that the challenges Tom faces in the film will give "hope and encouragement to many other families".
(14) Lion cubs fathered by Cecil, the celebrated lion shot dead in Zimbabwe , may already have been killed by a rival male lion and even if they were still alive there was nothing conservationists could do to protect them, a conservation charity has warned.
(15) Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun said the cut-off results from the charity's newly adopted criteria barring grants to organisations that are under investigation by local, state or federal authorities.
(16) The charity Bite the Ballot , which persuaded hundreds of thousands to register before the last general election, is to set up “democracy cafes” in Starbucks branches, laying on experts to explain how to register and vote, and what the referendum is all about (Bite the Ballot does not take sides but merely encourages participation).
(17) Raindrops on Roses Photograph: Felix Clay This boutique style, high-end gift shop in St Albans is one of a new breed of charity shops.
(18) The two polls underline the extent to which the coalition parties have been hit by a budget that has led to a slew of bad headlines over the granny tax, pasty tax and charities tax.
(19) To mark World Aids Day, THT is opening a charity shop in Soho Estates’ Walkers Court development in central Soho.
(20) As a legal practice and a charity combined we are distinct – anyone with any condition can come to us for advice.
Peaceful
Definition:
(a.) Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
(a.) Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
Example Sentences:
(1) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
(2) We will never give up our hope for peace,” added Netanyahu.
(3) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
(4) However, he has also insisted that North Korea live up to its own commitments, adhere to its international obligations and deal peacefully with its neighbours.
(5) A number of asylum seekers detained in the family camp on Nauru have begun peaceful protests over conditions at the centre.
(6) "We have peace in Sierra Leone now, and Tony Blair made a huge contribution to that," said Warrant Officer Abu Bakerr Kamara.
(7) The prime minister insisted, however, that he and other world leaders were not being stubborn over demands that the Syrian leader, President Bashar al-Assad, step down at the end of the peace process.
(8) Journalists should never be a propaganda arm of any government – not in peace and never in war.
(9) These days, all Russian 15-year-olds study War and Peace as part of their national curriculum.
(10) Sadly, the Jewish fanatic who assassinated Rabin in 1995 achieved his broader aim of derailing the peace train.
(11) Judge John Burgess told the men that their intention was “to do great harm in a peaceful community”.
(12) She also welcomed the wider context of Mohammed's release: "I do believe that this time there will be peace," she said, referring to the talks due to open on Wednesday.
(13) Two days after Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse , published a beautiful essay calling for this year's First World War commemorations to " honour those who died " and "celebrate the peace we now share", Michael Gove has delivered the government's response.
(14) • Mubarak becomes a major mediator in the Arab-Israeli peace process, remaining a consistent US ally bolstered by billions of dollars in American aid.
(15) Laryngo-tracheal traumatisms are not frequent at peace time.
(16) Our later measures – parliament's power to declare peace and war, MPs to be subject to a right to recall, an end to the royal prerogative, an elected Lords – were about a 21st-century democracy, with citizenship to be founded on a new bill of rights and responsibilities and, in time, a written constitution.
(17) "What Russia is doing now in Ukraine threatens peace and security in Europe ," said Nato's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
(18) He was the peaceful activist whose sudden disappearance into a phalanx of riot police on a Baltimore street sparked a viral panic.
(19) | Mary Dejevsky Read more Third, if that breakthrough can be delivered with good faith on all sides, that could potentially be the basis to revive the Kerry-Lavrov ceasefire , open humanitarian channels into Aleppo, and start the process of negotiating a lasting peace.
(20) Kerry, however, has called on Egypt to respect the right of peaceful protest, including pro-Morsi rallies.