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Look up charity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Charity may refer to:

Concepts and practices

• Charity (practice), the practice of benevolent giving
• Charity (virtue), a cardinal virtue in Christianity
• Principle of charity in philosophy and rhetoric
• Sadaqah, the Arabic concept of alms-giving, often translated as "charity"
• Altruism
• Alms

Other

• Charity (name), a given name
• Charity (programming language), a computer programming language
• HMS Charity (R29), a British Royal Navy remover-class ship

Organizations

• Charitable organization, an organization formed for charitable purposes
• Non-profit organization more generally, a not-for-profit corporate organization formed for charitable, educational, religious and/or political purposes
• 501(c)(3), a specific section of the Internal Revenue Code that allows qualifying charitable organizations exemption from federal income tax

Places

• Charity, Guyana, a small town
• Charity Island (disambiguation)

Entertainment

• Charity (play), a play by W. S. Gilbert
• "Charity" (song), a single by Skunk Anansie
• Charity (racehorse), a famed racehorse
• Charity Shea, an actress in the upcoming TV series The Best Years
• Charity Bazaar, a character from Histeria!

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