Synonyms for liberality
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Noun
1. Generosity
generosity, munificence, magnanimity, largesse, unselfishness, bounty, charity, high-mindedness, bountifulness
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Definitions
- n. 1
The property of being liberal; generosity; charity.
That liberality is but cast away / Which makes us borrow what we cannot pay.
Forms
- Plural
- liberalities → generosities, munificences, magnanimities, largesses…
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Liberality indicates broad, genial kindly views, whether manifested in gifts or otherwise. We speak of the bounty of a generous host, the liberality or munificence of the founder of a college, or of the liberality of a theologian toward the holders of conflicting beliefs.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- generosity Two traits of Americans are generosity and energy.
- largesse Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone.
- munificence Unfortunately, munificence is not one of the salient features of my husband.
- breadth He escaped being run over by a hair's breadth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| liberality | falling | |
| generosity | rising | |
| largesse | rising | |
| magnanimity | steady | |
| munificence | steady | |
| breadth | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- bounty2
- 7 letters
- charity3, breadth1
- 8 letters
- largesse2
- 9 letters
- plenitude
- 10 letters
- generosity5
- 11 letters
- magnanimity, munificence, catholicity, liberalness
- 13 letters
- unselfishness, bountifulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bounty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- libéralité
- Italiano
- liberalità
- Español
- liberalidad
- Deutsch
- Freizügigkeit