Definition of Liberality

1. Noun. An inclination to favor progress and individual freedom.

Exact synonyms: Liberalness
Generic synonyms: Tolerance
Derivative terms: Liberal, Liberal, Liberal, Liberal

2. Noun. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament.
Exact synonyms: Liberalness
Generic synonyms: Generosity, Generousness
Specialized synonyms: Largess, Largesse, Magnanimity, Munificence, Openhandedness
Antonyms: Illiberality
Derivative terms: Liberal, Liberal

Definition of Liberality

1. n. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.

Definition of Liberality

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

2. Noun. A gift; a gratuity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Liberality

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liberality

liberalisation
liberalisations
liberalise
liberalised
liberaliser
liberalisers
liberalises
liberalish
liberalising
liberalism
liberalisms
liberalist
liberalistic
liberalists
liberalities
liberality (current term)
liberalization
liberalizations
liberalize
liberalized
liberalizer
liberalizers
liberalizes
liberalizing
liberally
liberalminded
liberalmindedness
liberalness
liberalnesses
liberals

Literary usage of Liberality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1863)
"Show liberality we think is a very cheap commodity. The money given does good, (and so far we like it,) but there is no heart, no self-denial, ..."

2. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by William Young Sellar (1897)
"By the liberality of the Emperor, Virgil was able to devote to the ... To the liberality of their patrons these poets owed not only the leisure and freedom ..."

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