almsgiving
Charitable donation practice
Almsgiving is the practice of giving money or goods to the poor as an act of charity or religious duty.
The word carries an old-fashioned, formal tone, appearing most often in religious contexts where charitable giving is a spiritual obligation: Almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are traditional Lenten practices.
Voluntary aid for others
- titheTenth for clergy
- offeringSomething presented or given
- zakatObligatory Islamic charity donation
- oblationReligious gift offering
poorbox · tithing · collection · benefaction · sacrifice · devotion · piety · merit
Concern for others' distress
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- pitySympathy for misfortune
empathy · charity · humanity · grace · altruism · goodwill · generosity · sympathy
Voluntary charitable gift
- pittanceInsultingly small payment
- handoutFree distribution to recipients
- doleState benefit payments
- foodConsumable nourishment source
coins · clothing · bread · meal · shelter · blanket · money · gift
charity
Voluntary aid for others
oblation · poorbox · tithing · collection · benefaction · sacrifice · devotion · piety · merit · blessing
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
pity · empathy · charity · humanity · grace · altruism · goodwill · generosity · sympathy · concern
donation
Voluntary charitable gift
food · coins · clothing · bread · meal · shelter · blanket · money · gift · provisions
beggar
One who asks for charity
- povertySevere lack of resources
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- needyWanting in essentials
panhandler · destitute · homeless · poor · mendicant · vagrant · pauper · orphan · widow · hungry
poorhouse
Shelter for the destitute
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- templeSacred worship structure
church · mosque · shelter · mission · orphanage · workhouse · foundation
- Islamic Lawsharia, Sharia, Shariah, Islamic law, fatwa
- Islamic worshipsalah, salat, zakat, hajj, namaz
- medieval lifechivalry, royal courts, jousting, knighthood, falconry
- benevolencealtruism, benevolence, charity work, generosity, goodwill
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- charitycharity, charities, donations, donation, donating
almsgivinghoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
greed · avarice · miserliness · stinginess · selfishness
almsgivingstealing
Unlawful taking of property
taking · theft · robbery · plundering · extortion
almsgivingindifference
Lack of interest
callousness · hard-heartedness · cruelty · oppression · mercilessness
giving, alms, give, almshouse, almsgiver, almsman, almsgivers