Generosity

/ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɒs.ɪ.ti/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.
2. (countable) A generous act.
3. (uncountable) The trait of being abundant, more than adequate.
4. (archaic, uncountable) Good breeding; nobility of stock.

Example Sentences

We have mentioned generosity as an outstanding virtue required in Sioux life.

Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

May the generosities of the founders of these halls, be rewarded by the fair and holy characters which shall be here formed[…].

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• generosities

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