Liberality

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Liberality \Lib`er*al"i*ty\ (-[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
     {Liberalities} (-t[i^]z). [L. liberalitas: cf. F.
     lib['e]ralit['e].]
     1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition
        or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice;
        generosity; candor; charity.


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              That liberality is but cast away
              Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. --Denham.
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     2. A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a
        prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  liberality
       n 1: an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
            [syn: {liberalness}]
       2: the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
          [syn: {liberalness}] [ant: {illiberality}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  170 Moby Thesaurus words for "liberality":
     Trinkgeld, abundance, accommodation, accordance, affluence,
     amiability, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche,
     award, awarding, bestowal, bestowment, bigheartedness, bigness,
     bonanza, bonhomie, bonus, bountifulness, bountiousness, bounty,
     bribe, bumper crop, catholicity, chivalrousness, chivalry,
     communication, concession, conferment, conferral, consideration,
     contribution, copiousness, cordiality, deliverance, delivery,
     donation, donative, double time, elevation, endowment, errantry,
     exaltation, extravagance, exuberance, fee, fertility, flood, flow,
     foison, free thought, freethinking, friendliness, full measure,
     fullness, furnishment, generosity, generousness, geniality,
     gifting, giving, graciousness, grant, granting, gratuity, gravy,
     grease, great abundance, great heart, great plenty,
     greatheartedness, greatness, greatness of heart, gush, heartiness,
     heroism, high-mindedness, honorarium, hospitableness, hospitality,
     idealism, impartation, impartment, incentive pay, inducement,
     investiture, knight-errantry, knightliness, lagniappe, landslide,
     largeheartedness, largess, latitudinarianism, lavishness,
     liberalism, liberalness, libertarianism, loftiness, lots,
     luxuriance, magnanimity, magnanimousness, maximum,
     more than enough, much, myriad, myriads, neighborliness, nobility,
     noble-mindedness, nobleness, numerousness, offer, open door,
     openhandedness, openheartedness, opulence, opulency, outpouring,
     overflow, palm oil, perks, perquisite, plenitude, plenteousness,
     plentifulness, plenty, pourboire, premium, presentation,
     presentment, prevalence, princeliness, prodigality, productiveness,
     profuseness, profusion, provision, quantities, receptiveness,
     repleteness, repletion, rich harvest, rich vein, richness, riot,
     riotousness, salve, scads, shower, something extra, spate,
     sportula, stream, sublimity, subscription, substantiality,
     substantialness, superabundance, supplying, surrender, sweetener,
     teemingness, tip, vouchsafement, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth,
     wealth