liberality

Roget category 816

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.4. Monetary relations

#816. Liberality

noun

liberality, generosity, munificence — bounty, bounteousness, bountifulness — hospitality — charity etc. (beneficence) 906.

verb

be liberal etc. adj. — spend freely, bleed freely — shower down upon — open one's purse strings etc. (disburse) 809 — spare no expense, give carte blanche [Fr.].

adjective

liberal, free, generous — charitable etc. (beneficent) 906 — hospitable — bountiful, bounteous — handsome — unsparing, ungrudging — unselfish — open handed, free handed, full handed — open hearted, large hearted, free hearted — munificent, princely.
overpaid.

phrase

handsome is that handsome does" [Goldsmith].

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