liberality

[lib-uh-ral-i-tee]

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noun, plural lib·er·al·i·ties.

the quality or condition of being liberal in giving; generosity; bounty.
a liberal gift.
breadth of mind.

broadness or fullness, as of proportions or physical attributes.
liberalism.

Origin of liberality

1300–50; Middle English liberalite < Latin līberālitās. See liberal, -ity

Related formso·ver·lib·er·al·i·ty, nounpre·lib·er·al·i·ty, noun

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Related Words for liberality

profusion, heart, magnanimity, goodness, altruism, lavishness, beneficence, philanthropy, bounty, kindness, charity, readiness, benevolence, hospitality, munificence, largesse, nobleness

Examples from the Web for liberality

Historical Examples of liberality

If we don't profit by that liberality the fault is not His but our own.
The Conquest of Fear
Basil King
The cost of this act of liberality amounted nearly to L2000.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Robert Southey
The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.
The Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
Generosity and liberality, like honesty, prove the best policy after all.
Self-Help
Samuel Smiles
Rich, noble and great they are by the liberality of our speech, but truth is sad.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for liberality

liberality

noun plural -ties

generosity; bounty
the quality or condition of being liberal

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Word Origin and History for liberality

mid-14c., "generosity," from Old French liberalité "generosity, liberality" (13c.), from Latin liberalitatem (nominative liberalitas) "way of thinking or acting befitting a free man," noun of quality from liberalis (see liberal (adj.)).