liberality
noun
the quality or condition of being liberal in giving; generosity; bounty.
liberalities
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pluralof liberality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Yet Alphonse, with all his greed, was not unwilling to share the plunder with those who secured it for him, and several of his not wholly disinterested liberalities of this kind are on record.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
He aimed to reconcile the disaffected, by his good offices; and to gain their affections by unexpected and unmerited liberalities.
From Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe by Thaddeus Mason Harris
The Jesuits and Recollets had tolerable supplies on hand, and ground cleared and sown besides; and they promised to assist him with any supplies they might have, "but there were but few liberalities 'made.'"
From Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 by Samuel de Champlain
All these liberalities I could amply illustrate did space permit; as it is, I can give but an instance each to the first two.
From Satires And Profanities by G. W. (George William) Foote
And, as my power was royal, my state and magnificence were suitable to it; my buildings, my furniture, my household, my equipage, my liberalities, and my charities were above the rank of a subject.
From Dialogues of the Dead by Henry Morley
