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Found 2 hits - Term: generousness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
generous \gen"erous\, a. f. g'en'ereux, fr. l. generous of
   noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth,
   race: cf. it. generoso. see 2d gender.
   1913 webster
   1. of honorable birth or origin; highborn. obs.
      1913 webster

            the generous and gravest citizens.    --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded
      as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous;
      spirited; courageous. "the generous critic." --pope. "his
      generous spouse." --pope. "a generous pack of hounds."
      --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly;
      munificent; as, a generous friend or father.
      1913 webster

   4. characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a
      generous table. --swift.
      1913 webster

   5. full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as,
      generous wine.

   syn: magnanimous; bountiful. see liberal. --
        gen"erously, adv. -- gen"erousness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
gender liberal gen"erously gen"erousness 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
generousness
     n : the trait of being willing to give your money or time syn:
         generosity ant: stinginess
see also:
generosity stinginess 

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