• Czech: dobročinnost
• Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys
• French: charité
• Hebrew: צדקה (tzedaqa)
• Icelandic: góðgerðarstarfsemi
• Italian: carità
• Portuguese: caridade , doação
• Serbian: dobrodavstvo, dobrodavanje

• French: charité
• Serbian: dobrodavanje, dobrodavati

Charity may refer to:

• Charity (practice), the practice of benevolent givings
• Charitable organization, an association formed for charitable purposes
• 501(c)(3) organization which is a USA specific category for a public charity or a private foundation
• Charity (virtue), in Christianity
• Charity (name), a given name
• Charity (racehorse)
• Charity (programming language)
• HMS Charity (R29), a Royal Navy destroyer
• Alms
• Altruism

Places:

• Charity, Guyana, a small town
• Charity Island, Saginaw Bay, Michigan

In entertainment:

• Charity (play), a play by W. S. Gilbert
• Charity (single), a single by Skunk Anansie
• Charity Shea, an actress in the upcoming TV series The Best Years

See also

• Charites, Graces of Roman mythology

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