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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charity Shot

charitable organization
charitable trust
charitableness
charitablenesses
charitably
charitarian
charities
charity
charity box
charity boxes
charity case
charity label
charity mugger
charity shop
charity shops
charity shot (current term)
charity stamp
charity stripe
charity throw
charity toss
charityware
charivari
charivaried
charivariing
charivaris
chark
charka
charkas
charked
charkha

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. ..."

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