charitable

Universal Words adjective 1 connected with a charity or charities: a charitable institution / foundation / trust * a charitable donation / gift * (BrE) to have charitable status (= to be an official charity) 2 helping people who are poor or in need: His later years were devoted largely to charitable work. 3 kind in your attitude to other people, especially when you are judging them: Let's be charitable and assume she just made a mistake. OPPUNCHARITABLE charitably adverb: Try to think about him a little more charitably.