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charitable

(adj): relating to or characterized by charity
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3 months ago mollusque said:

Actually, the definition's more restricted than that. A "charitable word" remains a word if any one of its letters is deleted (seat: sea, sat, set, eat).
(See David Grambs, 1985, Literary Companion Dictionary: Words about Words, p. 84.)

3 months ago oroboros said:

In wordplay, to delete any letter to form other words: e.g., coops--> oops & cops & cops & coos & coop.

--Chris Cole, Wordplay

about 1 year ago Grammar said:

When engaged in an argument or debate, it is important to remember to be charitable towards the other side.

Donald Davidson said, "We make maximum sense of the words and thoughts of others when we interpret in a way that optimises agreement."

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