Generosity

Noun

 * 1)  the trait of being willing to donate money and/or time
 * 2) * 1963: Erik H. Erikson, Childhood and Society
 * We have mentioned generosity as an outstanding virtue required in Sioux life.
 * 1)  acting generously
 * 2)  the trait of being more than adequate
 * 3) lit.   good breeding; nobility of stock
 * 4)  a generous act
 * 5) * 1873: Reverend M. C. Tyler, Proceedings at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Sage College of the Cornell University
 * May the generosities of the founders of these halls, be rewarded by the fair and holy characters which shall be here formed....

Synonyms

 * liberality
 * nobility

Antonyms

 * stinginess

Thesaurus
BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, abundance, affluence, agape, altruism, amiability, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, beneficence, benevolence, benevolent disposition, benevolentness, bigheartedness, bigness, bonanza, bonhomie, bounteousness, bountifulness, bountiousness, bounty, brotherly love, bumper crop, caritas, charitableness, charity, chivalrousness, chivalry, copiousness, cordiality, do-goodism, easy purse strings, elevation, errantry, exaltation, extravagance, exuberance, fertility, flood, flow, flower power, foison, free hand, freedom, freehandedness, freeheartedness, freeness, friendliness, full measure, fullness, generousness, geniality, giving, givingness, goodwill, grace, graciousness, great abundance, great heart, great plenty, greatheartedness, greatness, greatness of heart, gush, heartiness, heroism, high-mindedness, hospitableness, hospitality, humanitarianism, idealism, knight-errantry, knightliness, landslide, largeheartedness, largeness, largess, lavishness, liberality, liberalness, loftiness, lots, love, love of mankind, luxuriance, magnanimity, magnanimousness, maximum, more than enough, much, munificence, myriad, myriads, neighborliness, nobility, noble-mindedness, nobleness, numerousness, open door, open hand, open heart, openhandedness, openheartedness, opulence, opulency, outpouring, overflow, philanthropism, philanthropy, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, prevalence, princeliness, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion, quantities, receptiveness, repleteness, repletion, rich harvest, rich vein, richness, riot, riotousness, scads, shower, spate, stream, sublimity, substantiality, substantialness, superabundance, teemingness, unselfishness, utilitarianism, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth, wealth, welcome, welfarism, well-disposedness

Translations

 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:, darežljivost
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , genereusheid
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Kurdish:
 * Old Provençal:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: великодушност
 * Roman: velikodušnost, darežljivost


 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: bőkezűség


 * Italian:
 * Russian: щедрость (š'édrost')
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: великодушност
 * Roman: velikodušnost


 * Dutch: grootmoedigheid
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Dutch: edelmoed
 * German:


 * Hungarian:


 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: gulheid,
 * German: ,
 * Italian: atto di generosità, atto generoso


 * Kurdish:
 * Russian: щедрость (š'édrost')
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: великодушност
 * Roman: velikodušnost


 * : 宽厚 (kuanhou)
 * : générosité
 * : נדיבות
 * : 寛大さ (kandaisa)
 * : 관대 (gwandae)
 * : generositas nominative, generositatis genitive
 * : generosidade
 * : generosidad