liberality
Collocations
3ADJ.
ominous
VERB + LIBERALITY
doubt
LIBERALITY + NOUN
scrooge
Definitions
noun
The property of being liberal; generosity; charity.
That liberality is but cast away / Which makes us borrow what we cannot pay.
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.
A gift; a gratuity.
A prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
Candor.
Impartiality.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
- liberalness
noun — an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
- liberalness
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5That liberality is but cast away / Which makes us borrow what we cannot pay.
WiktionaryShe 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; n
WiktionaryA prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
Wiktionary"We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner," said the gentleman, presenting his credentials.
Tatoeba · #3713966At the ominous word "liberality", Scrooge frowned, and shook his head, and handed the credentials back.
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