n. 25B6; noun
an AIDS charity : NON-PROFIT-MAKING ORGANIZATION, voluntary organization, charitable institution; fund, trust, foundation.
we don't need charity : FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, aid, welfare, (financial) relief; handouts, gifts, presents, largesse; historical alms.
his actions are motivated by charity : PHILANTHROPY, humanitarianism, humanity, altruism, public-spiritedness, social conscience, benevolence, beneficence, munificence.
show a bit of charity : GOODWILL, compassion, consideration, concern, kindness, kind-heartedness, tender-heartedness, tenderness, sympathy, indulgence, tolerance, leniency, caritas; poetic/literary bounteousness.