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liberality
(encz) | liberality,osvícenost luke |
liberality
(encz) | liberality,štědrost luke |
Liberality
(gcide) | Liberality \Lib`er*al"i*ty\ (-[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Liberalities (-t[i^]z). [L. liberalitas: cf. F.
lib['e]ralit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition
or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice;
generosity; candor; charity.
[1913 Webster]
That liberality is but cast away
Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. --Denham.
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2. A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a
prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
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liberality
(wn) | liberality
n 1: an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
[syn: liberality, liberalness]
2: the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament [syn:
liberality, liberalness] [ant: illiberality] |
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illiberality
(encz) | illiberality,neliberálnost n: Zdeněk Brožilliberality,nesvobodomyslnost n: Zdeněk Brožilliberality,úzkoprsost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Illiberality
(gcide) | Illiberality \Il*lib`er*al"i*ty\, n. [L. illiberalitas: cf. F.
illib['e]ralit['e].]
The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind;
meanness; niggardliness. --Bacon.
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Liberality
(gcide) | Liberality \Lib`er*al"i*ty\ (-[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Liberalities (-t[i^]z). [L. liberalitas: cf. F.
lib['e]ralit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition
or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice;
generosity; candor; charity.
[1913 Webster]
That liberality is but cast away
Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. --Denham.
[1913 Webster]
2. A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a
prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
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illiberality
(wn) | illiberality
n 1: a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money [ant:
liberality, liberalness] |
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