Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or state of being liberal or generous.
- noun An instance of being liberal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being liberal in thought or opinion; largeness of mind; catholicity; impartiality: as, liberality in religion or politics; he treats his opponent's views with great liberality.
- noun Freeness in imparting or yielding; disposition to give or concede; generosity; bounty; magnanimity: as, liberality in one's donations or concessions.
- noun An expression or manifestation of generosity; that which is generously given.
- noun Synonyms Bounty, Generosity, etc. (see
beneficence ), bountifulness; toleration, candor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.
- noun A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
liberal ;generosity ;charity . - noun A
gift ; agratuity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
- noun the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
Etymologies
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Examples
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‘We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner,’ said the gentleman, presenting his credentials.
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“We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner,” said the gentleman, presenting his credentials.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Stave 1 Marley’s Ghost | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004
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With this object, they declared her incompetent to manage her own affairs, in consequence of her extravagance, as they termed her liberality to the poor and to the
The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation A Religious of the Ursuline Community
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With this object, they declared her incompetent to manage her own affairs, in consequence of her extravagance, as they termed her liberality to the poor and to the Church.
The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation Anonymous 1880
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Corinth should complete the work of collecting which he had already begun there, lest ye, the wealthy people of Corinth, should be outdone in liberality by the poor Macedonians. as he had begun -- Greek, "previously begun," namely, the collection at
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-- What we call liberality is often but the vanity of giving, which we like more than that we give away.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims Fran��ois duc de La Rochefoucauld 1646
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Yet your liberality is still imperfect: with Homer you should have given me yourself; a guide, who could lead me into the fields of light, and disclose to my wondering eyes the spacious miracles of the Iliad and Odyssey.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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At the ominous word liberality, Scrooge frowned, and shook his head, and handed the credentials back.
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Such was the heroicall liberality, and exceeding great clemencie of those most honourable
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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I cannot boast of the friendship or favour of princes; the patronage of English literature has long since been devolved on our booksellers, and the measure of their liberality is the least ambiguous test of our common success.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994
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