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Definition of Charity shot
1. Noun. An unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul.
Exact synonyms: Charity Throw, Charity Toss, Foul Shot, Free Throw, Penalty Free Throw
Generic synonyms: Basketball Shot
Specialized synonyms: One-and-one
Generic synonyms: Basketball Shot
Specialized synonyms: One-and-one
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charity Shot
Literary usage of Charity shot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1880)
"2 Then he ordered her away, but God delivered her soul from evil, for one of the
attendants, perhaps out of rough charity, shot her. ..."