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liberality

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˌlɪbəˈɹælɪti/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English liberalite, from Old French liberalité, from Latin līberālitās (“a noble, kind, or friendly disposition; generosity”), equivalent to liberal + -ity.

  1. The property of being liberal; generosity; charity.

    That liberality is but cast away / Which makes us borrow what we cannot pay.

    She preferred that Lord Rotheles's liberality should take a purely personal direction. Whatever decorations might be lavished upon her dressing-room, the dowager would have to leave them behind her; not so those which filled the prodigality of red morocco cases on her toilette.

  2. A gift; a gratuity.

    A prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.

  3. Candor.
  4. Impartiality.