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The trait of being willing to donate money, time or resources.
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A generous act.
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The trait of being abundant, more than adequate.
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Good breeding; nobility of stock.
Examples of generosity in a Sentence
I thanked him for his generosity and donated a hundred dollar bill to his mission.
We are so very grateful for everyone's generosity.
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.
This was carrying his generosity a step too far.
Geyer, Vienna, 1892); Iiatim Ta'i, renowned for his open-handed generosity as well as for his poetry (ed.
He is generosity, mercy, justice, order, genius--that's what the Emperor is!
Thus they were divided in soul between spiritual goods and worldly pleasures, and were apt to doubt whether the rewards promised by God to the life of " simplicity " (all Christ meant by the childlike spirit, including generosity in giving and forgiving) and self-restraint, were real or not.
All access to the gorge was free, funded by the generosity of private contributors, merchants and the equipment manufactures.
Furthermore, he was a man of great ambition, persuasive eloquence and wide generosity; qualities which especially appealed at that time to the classes from whom he was to draw his support.
With an insatiable love of pleasure he combined a certain external piety and a magnificent generosity in his charities.
This calamity afforded the American people an opportunity to display their generosity toward their new colony.
You could say they were used for leverage if the country trounced too far on our generosity or refused to take into account our national interest when they acted up.
Through the generosity of Sir Thomas Elder, of Adelaide, Giles's expedition was equipped with camels.
He thanked us and I thanked him for all his generosity.
Near it is the parliament .and banqueting hall, restored (1889-1892) by the generosity of William Nelson (1817-1887) the publisher, which contains a fine collection of Scottish armour, weapons and regimental colours, while, emblazoned on the windows, are the heraldic bearings of royal and other figures distinguished in national history.
In 1904 the formation of a municipally supported gallery of modern art (mainly due to the initiative and generosity of Mr Hugh Lane) was signalized by an exhibition including the pictures intended to constitute the nucleus of the gallery.
She interceded with great generosity, but ineffectually, for Monmouth the same year.
Alexander, dazzled by Napoleon's genius and overwhelmed by his apparent generosity, was completely won.
I appreciate your help and I will be glad to pay for your generosity...
On a third estate the priest, bearing a cross, came to meet him surrounded by children whom, by the count's generosity, he was instructing in reading, writing, and religion.
He never forgot the generosity with which Hervey, who was now residing in London, relieved his wants during this time of trial.
Their cupidity is mitigated by generosity; their natural indolence by the necessity, especially among the peasantry, to work hard to gain a livelihood.
We have evidence that after her husband's death Agnes Darer behaved with generosity to his brothers.
He soon earned the favour of this king, who treated him with great generosity and who on several occasions sent him on important embassies to the English, the French and the papal courts.
His character was marked by independence, economy and generosity.
The latter had abandoned the cause of Duke Robert, who remained a prisoner in England till his death (1134); but they embraced that of Robert's son William the Clito, whom Henry in a fit of generosity had allowed to go free after Tinchebrai.
Hospitality, generosity, personal bravery were the subjects of praise; meanness and cowardice those of satire.
The hostility of the "sons of Zeruiah" towards the tribe of Benjamin is characteristically contrasted with David's own generosity towards Saul's fallen house.
It was at Ferrar's suggestion that he undertook to rebuild the church at Layton, an undertaking carried through by his own gifts and the generosity of his friends.
A previous meeting with Irving, also a native of Annan, had led to a little passage of arms, but Irving now welcomed Carlyle with a generosity which entirely won his heart, and the rivals soon became the closest of friends.
His unstinted generosity to his brothers during his worst times is only one proof of the singular strength of his family affections.
His generosity in assisting poor students exhausted a considerable fortune, and at his death he left nothing but his books and clothes.
These deputies succeeded in 795 and 796 in taking possession of the vast treasures of the Avars, which were distributed by the king with lavish generosity to churches, courtiers and friends.
But he seems to have prided himself on a certain humanity, or even generosity of temper, which led him to avoid putting his enemies to death, though he did not scruple to condemn Renaud of Dammartin to the most inhuman of imprisonments.
He was obliged to accept a laborious post, working nine hours a day for £40 a year, to live on the generosity of a former valet, and finally to solicit a small pension from his family.
Now this whole new scenario is dumped on us with unbelievable generosity.
These men were notorious freebooters, famed for their cunning and bravery, and often for their generosity.
Even in a short story, children can still learn about faith, generosity, honesty, loyalty and courage.
During his later years Lysias - now probably a comparatively poor man owing to the rapacity of the tyrants and his own generosity to the Athenian exiles - appears as a hard-working member of a new profession - that of writing speeches to be delivered in the law-courts.
He showed generosity in assigning a considerable income to be divided annually among the peasant proprietors of upper Guienne.
His generosity, his courage and his commanding height, had already commended him to the affection of the Irish.
The Barmecide family were endowed in the highest degree with those qualities of generosity and liberality which the Arabs prized so highly, and the chronicles never weary in their p raises.
She showed great forbearance and generosity towards the duchess of Marlborough in the face of unexampled provocation, and her character was unduly disparaged by the latter, who with her violent and coarse nature could not understand the queen's self-restraint in sorrow, and describes her as "very hard" and as "not apt to cry."
As they climbed higher, the display of wildflowers grew in bounty and brilliance, blanketing the basin in a generosity of color.
Hussein has shown similar generosity elsewhere in Iraq, lavishing support on Shiite clerics -- as long as they pledge fealty to his rule.
It is completely reliant upon the generosity of donors.
Even though it's not required, the happy couple will no doubt be touched by your thoughtful generosity when you give them a wedding engagement gift.
In the delicate task of apportioning his own large share of merit, he certainly does not err on the side of modesty; but it would perhaps be as difficult to produce an instance of injustice, as of generosity in his estimate of others.