Hypertext Webster Gateway: "munificence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Munificence \Mu*nif"i*cence\, n. [Cf. L. munire to fortify.]
Means of defense; fortification. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Munificence \Mu*nif"i*cence\, n. [L. munificentia: cf. F.
munificence.]
The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or
bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty;
lavish generosity.
The virtues of liberality and munificence. --Addison.
Syn: Benevolence; beneficence; liberality; generosity;
bounty; bounteousness. See {Benevolence}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
munificence
n : extremely liberal generosity of spirit [syn: {largess}, {largesse},
{magnanimity}, {openhandedness}]
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