Liberality

Definitions: Liberality

Liberality

Noun

1. An inclination to favor progress and individual freedom.

2. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament.

Date "liberality" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonym: Liberality

Synonym: liberalness (n). (additional references)

Antonym: illiberality (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disinterestedness	Noun: disinterestedness; Adjective: generosity; liberality, liberalism; altruism; benevolence; elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity; chivalry, chivalrous spirit; heroism, sublimity.
Giving	Almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity.
Liberality	Noun: liberality, generosity, munificence; bounty, bounteousness, bountifulness; hospitality; charity; (beneficence).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Liberality

English words defined with "liberality": Freeness ♦ Liberal education, Liberalities ♦ Sisters of Charity. (references)

Specialty definitions using "liberality": Ahinadab ♦ BOUNTY ♦ Enchantment ♦ Plane. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Imagination, Understanding, and the Virtue of Liberality (reference) Liberality and civilization : lectures given at the invitation of the Hibbert trustees in the Universities of Bristol, Glasgow, and Birmingham in October and November 1937 (reference) Liberality of opportunity : a history of Macquarie University 1964-1989 (reference) The contention between liberality and prodigality (reference) (more book examples)
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	Gov. Seward's letter or the triumph of liberality and justice.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Jean De La Bruyere	Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
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Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	It was short, but expressed good sense, warm attachment, liberality, propriety, even delicacy of feeling.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Moreover, with wisdom we shall learn liberality.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures. Henry Ward Beecher
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	The amount, even if all the injured were included, would not be great, and on future emergencies the Government would be amply repaid by the influence of an example that he who incurs a loss in its defense shall find a recompense in its liberality.
James Monroe	1817-1825	With the Indian tribes it is our duty to cultivate friendly relations and to act with kindness and liberality in all our transactions.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Liberality" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Liberality" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	31	62,296

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "liberality".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Jehonadab	N/A	Biblical	Liberality
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Language		Translations for "liberality"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gjerësi botëkuptimi (liberalism), bujari (benevolence, bounty, generosity, largess, largesse, liberalism, nobility, nobleness, open-handedness). (various references)

Arabic		‏هبة (benevolence, bestowal, blast, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, donation, endowment, gift, grant, offering, outburst, present, privilege, puff, waft, whiff), ‏وفرة (abundance, affluence, amplitude, exuberance, generosity, glut, opulence, opulent, plenty, profusion, pullulation, redundance, redundancy, richness, superfluity, wealth), ‏تحرر (break free, cut oneself loose, disengage, free oneself, freedom, liberation, set free), ‏تسامح (forbearance, forgave, indulgence, lenience, leniency, lenity, mildness, tolerance, toleration), ‏تبرع (benevolence, contribute, contribution, donate, donating, subscribe), ‏سخاء (bounty, generosity, philanthropy), ‏عطاء (bestowal, bid, bonus, tender), ‏جود (improve, lavish, modulate, perfect, polish), ‏إتساع (ampleness, boom, breadth, enlargement, expansion, fullness, fulness, generosity, immenseness, immensity, propagation, reach, roominess, size, span, stretch). (various references)

Bulgarian		свободомислие, щедрост (charity, generosity, largess, largesse, munificence, openhandedness, prodigality, profusion), широта на възгледи (broad-mindedness, largeness), либералност (catholicity), либерализъм (liberalism), изобилие (abundance, affluence, amplitude, exuberance, fertility, flush, flushness, galore, lashings, luxuriance, opulence, plenitude, prodigality, productiveness, productivity, profusion, quantities, quantity, raft, redundance, redundancy, richness, spate, store, superfluity, teeming). (various references)

Chinese		心胸 (Liberalities). (various references)

Czech		osvícenost. (various references)

Dutch		herroepelijke schenking (revocable act of liberality), herroepbare gift (revocable act of liberality). (various references)

Finnish		aulius (generosity, willingness), anteliaisuus (generosity, open-handedness). (various references)

French		libéralité, libéralisme (liberalism), tolérance, générosité (liberalness), abondance. (various references)

German		großzügigkeit (ambitiousness, breadth, broad-mindedness, generosity, generousness, handsomeness, large scale, largeness, largess, lavishness, liberalness, lordliness, munificence, open-handedness, spaciousness), liberalität (liberalism, liberalness), Freizügigkeit (dissoluteness, generositiy, liberalness, licentiousness, permissiveness). (various references)

Greek		γενναιοδωρία (bounteousness, bounty, generosity, handsomeness, largesse, munificence). (various references)

Hebrew		ליברליות (liberalism), � �"יבות לב (generosity). (various references)

Hungarian		nagyvonalúság (breadth of view, broadness, eminence). (various references)

Italian		liberalita\, liberalit� (generousity, largesse), munificenza (generosity, munificence). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		寛大 (leniency, tolerance). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おおよう (catholicity, generosity, generous, generousness, largehearted, largeheartedness, magnanimity), か�"� い (Kansai University, leniency, tolerance), じぜ�"し�" (benevolence). (various references)

Pig Latin		iberalitylay

Portuguese		liberalismo, liberalidade (bounty, breadth, generous, largesse, largish, magnificence), prodigalidade (prodigality, profusion), magnanimidade (bounty, generosity, largess, magnanimity), generosidade (catholicity, chivalry, generosity, knighthood, larger, largesse, magnanimity, munificent, prodigality), ausência de preconceitos. (various references)

Romanian		largheţe (munificence), vederi largi (breadth of mind, broad gauge, broad ideas, comprehension, large views, wide views), toleranţã (allowance, bearing, comprehension, fondness, forbearance, indulgence, limit, tolerance, toleration), obiectivitate (fairness, impartiality, objectiveness, objectivity), dãrnicie (abundance, generosity, lavishness, open-handedness, self-bounty). (various references)

Russian		щедрость (bounty, generosity, largess, largesse, magnanimity, munificence, open-handedness, profuseness), великодушие (beneficence, big heart, generosity, goodness, large heart, magnanimity, nobility, noble-mindedness). (various references)

Scottish		oineach, fialachd (bounty, hospitality). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		slobodoumlje (liberalism, liberalness), plemenitost (high minded, nobleness, noblesse), darežljivost (generosity, largess, largesse, munificence, openhandedness). (various references)

Spanish		liberalidad (bounty, profusion), generosidad (benevolence, bounty, generosity, gentlehood, largess, largesse, liberalness, lordliness, munificence, noble-mindedness, open-handedness). (various references)

Swedish		generositet (generosity, largess, largesse, magnanimity, munificence). (various references)

Thai		ความมีใจเอื้อเฟื้อเผื่อแผ่, ความมีใจกว้าง. (various references)

Turkish		liberallik (breadth, liberalism), eli açıklık (generousness, munificence, openhandedness), cömertlik (bounty, generosity, handsomeness, largess, largesse, munificence, openhandedness), özgürlükçülük (liberalism). (various references)

Ukranian		щедрість (benevolence, bounty, generosity, handsomeness, largeness, largess, largesse, munificence, open-handedness, prodigality), широта поглядів (largeness, latitude), ліберальність. (various references)

Vietnamese		tính rộng rãi (bounteousness, catholicity, extensiveness, handsomeness, large-heartedness, open-handedness, open-mindedness, spaciousness), tính không th� nh kiến tư tưởng tự do, tính ho� phóng tính hẹp hòi, tư tưởng không câu nệ món qu� hậu. (various references)

Welsh		haelfrydedd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	largitas, probitas. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Corinthians Chapter 16, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Otan de paragenwmai ouV ean dokimashte di epistolwn toutouV pemyw apenegkein thn carin umwn eiV ierousalhm
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cum autem praesens fuero quos probaveritis per epistulas hos mittam perferre gratiam vestram in Hierusalem
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And whanne Y schal be present, whiche men ye preuen, Y schal sende hem bi epistlis to bere youre grace in to Jerusalem.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	When I am come whosoever ye shall alowe by youre letters them will I sende to bringe youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality to Jerusalem.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.
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Language	1 Corinthians Chapter 16, Verse 3
Cebuano	Ug inig-abut ko, bisan kinsa nga inyong pagapilion akong paadtoon nga may dalang mga sulat aron sa paghatud sa inyong gasa ngadto sa Jerusalem.
Croatian	A kada doðem, poslat æu s preporuènicom one koje odaberete da odnesu vašu ljubav u Jeruzalem.
Danish	Men når jeg kommer, vil jeg sende, hvem I måtte finde skikkede dertil, med Breve for at bringe eders Gave til Jerusalem.
Dutch	En wanneer ik daar zal gekomen zijn, zal ik hen, die gij zult bekwaam achten door brieven, zenden, om uw gave naar Jeruzalem over te dragen.
Finnish	Mutta kun olen saapunut teidän tykönne, lähetän minä ne henkilöt, jotka siihen sopiviksi katsotte, kirjeet mukanaan, viemään teidän rakkaudenlahjanne Jerusalemiin;
French	Et quand je serai venu, j`enverrai avec des lettres, pour porter vos libéralités � Jérusalem, les personnes que vous aurez approuvées.
German	Wenn ich aber gekommen bin, so will ich die, welche ihr dafür anseht, mit Briefen senden, daß sie hinbringen eure Wohltat gen Jerusalem.
Hungarian	Mikor pedig megérkezem, a kiket javaltok leveleitek által, azokat küldöm el, hogy elvigyék Jeruzsálembe a ti ajándékotokat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Nanti kalau saya tiba, saya akan mengutus orang-orang yang sudah kalian setujui. Saya akan memberikan kepada mereka surat pengantar, supaya mereka membawa uang sumbangan itu ke Yerusalem.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Apabila aku tiba kelak, maka dengan surat aku akan menyuruhkan orang, yaitu orang kepercayaan yang kamu pilih, membawa pemberianmu itu ke Yeruzalem.
Latvian	Bet kad es bûðu pie jums, tad es sûtîðu tos, kurus jûs rakstiski atzîsiet par piemçrotiem, uz Jeruzalemi, lai aiznes jûsu dâvanas.
Maori	A ka tae atu ahau, maku e tono te hunga e whakapaingia ana e a koutou pukapuka hei mau i ta koutou aroha noa ki Hiruharama.
Norwegian	Når jeg så er kommet, skal jeg sende dem som I selv velger, med brev, for å føre eders kjærlighetsgave til Jerusalem;
Portuguese	E, quando tiver chegado, mandarei os que por carta aprovardes para levar a vossa dádiva a Jerusalém;
Rumanian	Wi cknd voi veni, voi trimite cu epistole pe cei ce ki veyi socoti vrednici, ca sq ducq darurile voastre la Ierusalim.
Shuar	Nui jeancha átum anaiyarmena nu shuaran papijiai Jerusarénnum akupkattajai. Tura Atumí Kuítrumin aisha ii yachin Súsartatui.
Spanish	Cuando yo esté allí, enviaré a los que vosotros aprobéis por cartas, para llevar vuestro donativo a Jerusalén.
Swahili	Wakati nitakapokuja kwenu, nitawatuma wale mtakaowachagua miongoni mwenu wapeleke barua na zawadi zenu Yerusalemu.
Swedish	Men när jag kommer, skall jag sända åstad de män som I själva pröven vara lämpliga, med brev till Jerusalem, för att där frambära eder kärleksgåva.
Uma	Ane rata-apa mpai', nipelihi ba hangkuja dua doo-ni to nisarumaka, kuwai' -ra-damo sura kakamua-ra, pai' kuhubui-ra mpokeni doi pewai' -ni tetu hilou hi ngata Yerusalem.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words ending with "liberality": illiberality. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "liberality" (pronounced li'bera"lutē)
6	-er a" l u t ē	generality, immorality, morality, plurality.
5	-a" l u t ē	abnormality, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, finality, formality, frugality, functionality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, individuality, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, rationality, reality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality.
4	-l u t ē	ability, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability.
3	-u t ē	absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-l-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: blearily, lability, reliably, tribally.
	-3 letters: ability, alertly, bilayer, biliary, braille, irately, liberal, liberty, librate, literal, reality, tallier, tearily, triable.
	-4 letters: aerily, airily, albeit, albite, alible, artily, bailer, bailey, bailie, baiter, baller, ballet, barely, barite, barley, baryte, betray, biller, billet, billie, bleary, elytra, illite, labile, labret, lately, lealty, liable, librae, lyrate, rallye, really, realty.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-l-r-t-y"
	+1 letter: reliability.
	+2 letters: alterability, illiberality, tolerability.
	+3 letters: filterability, recallability, replicability, solderability, unreliability, vulnerability.
	+4 letters: bactericidally, deliberatively, deliverability, inalterability, intolerability, pleasurability, thermolability, unalterability.
	+5 letters: bidirectionally, invulnerability, irrepealability, reconcilability.
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