[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being charitable.
1447. Bokenham, Seyntys (1835), 24. [St. Margaret] Fully replenyshed with cherytabylnesse.
1635. Austin, Medit., 233. Let therefore Love abound among us; and … over-flow, even to our Enemies, in Charitablenesse.
1687. in Lond. Gaz., No. 2246/2. Loyalty toward so Gracious a Prince, and Charitableness one to another.
1773. J. Allen, Serm. St. Mary’s Oxf., 7. No purity, no forbearance, no charitableness.
1850. L. Hunt, Autobiog., ii. (1860), 45. Notwithstanding her charitableness to the poor maid-servant.
