Synonyms for almsgiving
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity.
Forms
- Plural
- almsgivings → charities…
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Charity, which originally meant the purest love for God and man (as in 1 Cor. xiii), is now almost universally applied to some form of almsgiving, and is much more limited in meaning than benevolence.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- charity The street had a charity run for cancer awareness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| almsgiving | rising | |
| charity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- charity3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (charity3 = 3 syllables).