/ɑːmz/ (noun)

Definition

food, money or clothing that is given to the poor as charity or donation, offering, benefaction, largess, assistance, contribution, gift, beneficence, handout, baksheesh

Example

What Is a Charitable Donation or alms?

Charitable donations or alms are gifts of cash or property made to a nonprofit organizations or poor people to help them accomplish their goals or live more comfortably for which the donor receives nothing of value in return.

Source of example: https://www.investopedia.com/

/fɪˈlænt.θrə.pi/ (noun)

humanitarianism, benevolence, altruism, social conscience, charity, love for all humanity, generosity, patronage, amity, desire to help and benefit humanity, goodwill, compassion, clemency, magnanimity, fellow feeling

Philanthropy consists of “private initiatives, for the public good, focusing on quality of life“. Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material gain. A person who practices philanthropy is a philanthropist.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Antonym: misanthropy

Noun: philanthropist

Adjective: philanthropic

Munificent 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 4

/mjuːˈnɪf.ɪ.sənt/ (adj)

very generous with money, bountiful, open-handed, benevolent, princely, magnanimous, philanthropic, charitable, lavish, liberal, bounteous, freehanded

The poor are more generous and munificent than the rich when it comes to giving to good causes, according to research which challenges the “Robin Hood” myth of charity as an agent of redistribution.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/

Antonyms: miserly, mean, parsimonious, frugal

Noun: munificence

Adverb: munificently

Benevolent 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2

/bɪˈnev.əl.ənt/ (adj)

kind and helpful, altruistic, magnanimous, kindly, kind-hearted, big-hearted, good-natured, compassionate, caring, generous, philanthropic, humane, humanitarian, unselfish, beneficent, munificent, giving, benign

A wealthy friend of mine recently told me, “You get successful by saying yes, but you need to say no a lot to stay successful.” If you’re perceived to be wealthier than those around you, you’ll have to say “no” a lot. You’ll be constantly approached with requests, offers, pitches, and pleas—whether you’re in a Starbucks in Silicon Valley or the back streets of Calcutta. Refusing sincere requests for help doesn’t come naturally to our species. Neuroscientists Jorge Moll, Jordan Grafman, and Frank Krueger of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke have used fMRI machines to demonstrate that altruism is deeply embedded in human nature. Their work suggests that the deep satisfaction most people derive from altruistic behavior is not due to a benevolent cultural overlay, but from the evolved architecture of the human brain.

Source: https://www.wired.com/

Antonym: malevolent

Noun: benevolence

Adverb: benevolently

Magnanimous 1100 Words You Need Week 40 Day 2

/mægˈnæn.ɪ.məs/ (adj)

very generous and kind toward other people even your enemies, forgiving, noble-spirited, benevolent, beneficent, big-hearted, princely, altruistic, philanthropic, chivalrous, merciful, indulgent

Is Nature’s “free to view” a magnanimous gesture or a cynical ploy?
Macmillan, the publisher of Nature and 48 other Nature Publishing Group (NPG) journals, announced today that all research papers published in these journals would be “made free to read in a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed or downloaded”.

Source: http://www.michaeleisen.org/

Antonym: petty

Noun: magnanimity, magnanimousness

Adverb: magnanimously