EGAVE

largesse

About 0.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.
  2. noun The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.
  3. noun Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving.
  4. noun Money, etc., given in this way.
  5. noun Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously.
  6. noun Chiefly in the form at one's largesse: freedom or liberty to act.
  7. noun An act of donating or giving generously. A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.
  8. noun An act of donating or giving generously.

Similar words

munificence largess magnanimity openhandedness kindness generosity largeness capaciousness vastness lavishness

Often followed by

of to and in was from is for that

Word family

largess largesses

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