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Charitableness

noun
1.
Generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate).





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"Charitableness" Quotes from Famous Books



... far and near as a very proverb for peacefulness of demeanor and unbounded charitableness in covering and excusing the faults of others. As long as there was any doubt in a case of alleged evil doing, Deacon Enos guessed "the man did not mean any harm, after all;" and when transgression became too barefaced for this excuse, he always guessed "it wa'n't best to say much about ...
— The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings • Harriet Beecher Stowe
... sensibility he had formerly spent in amours and display, henceforward ennobled by wisdom and sanctified by religion, lent a singular charm of tenderness and loftiness to his friendships. The memory of his own errors gave a gracious charitableness to his judgments; his sorrow imparted an incomparable refinement to his air; his grave and devout demeanor inspired veneration; his sweet magnanimity drew every unprejudiced heart. He had long been a fervent friend of Madame de Staid, when the youthful ...
— The Friendships of Women • William Rounseville Alger


Words linked to "Charitableness" :   generousness, generosity, charitable


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