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The quality of being munificent; generosity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Means of defence; fortification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liberality, liberalness
From Middle French munificence, from Latin munificentia, from munus (“gift”) + facio (“to make”).
Compare Latin munire (“to fortify”).
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سَخَاء
(saḵāʔ)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Arabic:
كَرَم
(karam)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Armenian:
առատաձեռնություն
(aṙatajeṙnutʻyun)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Armenian:
շռայլություն
(šṙaylutʻyun)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Bulgarian:
щедрост
(štedrost)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Catalan:
munificència
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Czech:
štědrost
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Dutch:
gulheid
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Dutch:
vrijgevigheid
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Dutch:
goedgeefsheid
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Dutch:
generositeit
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Dutch:
munificentie
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Finnish:
anteliaisuus
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Finnish:
avokätisyys
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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French:
générosité
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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French:
munificence
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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German:
Freigebigkeit
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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German:
Großzügigkeit
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Ancient Greek:
μεγαλοπρέπεια
(megaloprépeia)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Irish:
mórmhaitheas
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Irish:
flaithiúlacht
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Macedonian:
даре́жливост
(daréžlivost)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Macedonian:
ште́дрост
(štédrost)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Macedonian:
велико́душност
(velikódušnost)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Polish:
szczodrość
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Polish:
hojność
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Portuguese:
munificência
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Russian:
ще́дрость
(ščédrostʹ)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Sanskrit:
राधस्
(rādhas)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Serbo-Croatian:
štedrost
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Serbo-Croatian:
izdašnost
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Slovak:
štedrosť
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Spanish:
munificencia
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Swedish:
frikostighet
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Swedish:
generositet
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Swedish:
givmildhet
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Ottoman Turkish:
جومردلك
(cömerdlik)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
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Ottoman Turkish:
ویركی
(vergi)
— the quality of being munificent; generosity
