Hypertext Webster Gateway: "liberality"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Liberality \Lib`er*al"i*ty\ (-[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
{Liberalities} (-t[i^]z). [L. liberalitas: cf. F.
lib['e]ralit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition
or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice;
generosity; candor; charity.
That liberality is but cast away Which makes us
borrow what we can not pay. --Denham.
2. A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a
prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
liberality
n 1: an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
[syn: {liberalness}]
2: the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
[syn: {liberalness}] [ant: {illiberality}]
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