noun

• (countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
  "‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’."
• (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
• (uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
  "act of charity"
• (archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
  "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil."