liberality
noun/ˌlɪbəˈɹælɪti/
Etymology From Middle English liberalite, from Old French liberalité, from Latin līberālitās (“a noble, kind, or friendly disposition; generosity”), equivalent to liberal + -ity.
1
Usually The property of being liberal; generosity; charity.
- That liberality is but cast away / Which makes us borrow what we cannot pay.1668, John Denham, Of Justice (poem)
- She preferred that Lord Rotheles's liberality should take a purely personal direction. Whatever decorations might be lavished upon her dressing-room, the dowager would have to leave them behind her; not so those which filled the prodigality of red morocco cases on her toilette.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 20:
2
Usually A gift; a gratuity.
- A prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
3
Usually Candor.
4
Usually Impartiality.