Liberality
[lɪbə'rælɪtɪ] or [,lɪbə'ræləti]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament.
(noun.) an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom.
Checked by Cordelia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.
(n.) A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
Editor: Spence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Generosity, bounty, beneficence, munificence, disinterestedness, bountifulness, charity.[2]. Present, gift, benefaction.[3]. Catholicity, toleration, magnanimity, candor, impartiality, largeness of mind, high-mindedness.
Edited by Leopold
Examples
- Nobody affects the character of liberality and good fellowship, by being profuse of a liquor which is as cheap as small beer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such liberality argued in the father's eyes profound indifference--who tolerates all, he reasonedcan be attached to none. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Certainly, said Elinor; and assisted by her liberality, I hope you may yet live to be in easy circumstances. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I was beginning to express my gratitude to my benefactor for the great liberality with which I was treated, when Mr. Jaggers stopped me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Many public institutions experienced his well-timed liberality, and he manifested a sensibility of heart by numerous acts of private charity. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Again: Tellson's was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I am here, sir, in grateful remembrance of the late Lady Verinder's liberality to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Such want of liberality towards a foreigner on the part of a lady of her education and refinement surprised me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was short, but expressed good sense, warm attachment, liberality, propriety, even delicacy of feeling. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Large currant buns and hot, well-sweetened tea were then administered in the proper spirit of liberality. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Secondly, To the advantage, which we hope to reap from him by his generosity and liberality. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- By its liberality in granting cash-accounts, and in discounting bills of exchange, it, no doubt, issued great quantities of its bank notes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It seems absurd at first sight, that we should despise their persons, and yet reward their talents with the most profuse liberality. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He was a man of extraordinary vigour and liberality of mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then, why don't you extend your liberality to others? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Winthrop