charitableness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The reader has seen, that my mother, notwithstanding her charitableness to the poor maid-servant, was a woman of strict morals."
- ""It is a tradition. We must not be too much down on people who have been denied our own advantages." She spoke with an air of mild remonstrance. Vague charitablenesses were in her manner, and gentle expostulations."
- "[…] the conventionalities, the decencies, the moral behaviors sought in small group — as loyalties, fidelities, fair plays, courtesies, kindlinesses, truthfulnesses, cooperations, purities, generosities, tolerations, charitablenesses, honesties, and […]"
- "But when the service of truth and the public good command, there are certain scruples which are immoral and certain charitablenesses which are dangerous."
Etymology
Etymology tree English charitable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English charitableness From charitable + -ness.