munificence
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munificence
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- The quality or state of being generous: big-heartedness, bounteousness, bountifulness, freehandedness, generosity, generousness, great-heartedness, large-heartedness, lavishness, liberality, magnanimity, magnanimousness, openhandedness, unselfishness, unsparingness. See give/take/reciprocity.
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munificence
IN BRIEF: n. - Liberality in bestowing gifts.
The munificence of princes made possible the painting and sculpture of the Renaissance.
— Curt Stern
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- Spending, Receiving, and Possessing Wealth - munificence: generosity in giving
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