- the quality of being generous; specif.,
- nobility of mind; magnanimity
- willingness to give or share; unselfishness
- pl. -·ties a generous act
Origin of generosity
Middle English generosite from Classical Latin generositas from generosus
noun
The definition of generosity is the quality of being willing to share.
An example of generosity is always donating extra food and supplies to shelters.
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generosity
noun
pl. gen·er·os·i·ties- Liberality in giving or willingness to give: a philanthropist's generosity.
- Kindness or magnanimity: spoke of his rival with generosity.
- Amplitude; abundance: the generosity of the salaries.
- A generous act: “The cries of welcome recalled vanished generosities of the old city” ( Lawrence Durrell )
Origin of generosity
Middle English generosite from Old French from Latin generōsitās from generōsus generous ; see generous .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural generosities)
- (uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money and/or time.
- (uncountable) Acting generously.
- (uncountable) The trait of being abundant, more than adequate.
- (literally uncountable) Good breeding; nobility of stock.
- (countable) A generous act.
Antonyms
Origin
From Middle French générosité
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Sentence Examples
- I thanked him for his generosity and donated a hundred dollar bill to his mission.
- "Once again, your generosity blows my mind," I said.
- American universities have owed much to Jewish generosity, a foremost benefactor of these (as of many other American institutions) being Jacob Schiff.
- His generosity and hospitality were proved in his gifts to Richard and his treatment of captives.
- She is always doing something to make some one happy, and her generosity and wise counsel have never failed my teacher and me in all the years we have known her.
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